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COPLIN v. FAIRFIELD PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION

No. 96-2026.

111 F.3d 1395 (1997)

Jay R. COPLIN, Appellant, v. FAIRFIELD PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION COMMITTEE; Robert Glocke, Chairman, FPATV Committee; Allen Glonek, FPATV Committee member; Susan Kessel, FPATV Committee member; Paul Stokstad, FPATV Committee member; Robert Gates, FPATV Committee member; Lewis Wilson, II, FPATV Station Manager; City of Fairfield, Iowa; Robert Rasmussen, as Mayor; Ed Malloy, member of City Council; Jay Silverman, member of City Council; Philip Young, member of City Council; Joe Frakes, member of City Council; Richard Schneider, member of City Council; Jeff Harris, member of City Council; Mary Louise Sutherlin, member of City Council, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan J. Frankel, argued, Washington, DC (Samir Jain, on the brief), for appellant.

Hugh James Cain, argued, Des Moines, IA (James C. Huber and Deborarh M. Stein, on the brief for City of Fairfield and Fairfield City Council Members), for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Randy Coplin brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) against the Fairfield Public Access Television Committee (FPATV Committee) and members of the Fairfield, Iowa City Council (Council) for alleged violations of Coplin's rights under the First Amendment and the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, 47 U.S.C. §§ 521-559 (1994 & Supp. I 1995). Coplin seeks injunctive relief, declaratory relief, monetary damages...

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