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CAPROTTI v. TOWN OF WOODSTOCK

256 A.D.2d 978 (1998)

681 N.Y.S.2d 911

ELIZABETH CAPROTTI, Individually and as Parent of JOHN CAPROTTI et al., Infants, Appellant, v. TOWN OF WOODSTOCK et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

Decided December 24, 1998.

White, J.

We affirm Supreme Court's determination that a plaintiff who is defamed by materials broadcast over a public access cable television channel cannot obtain monetary damages from the franchising authority.1

In 1984, Congress enacted the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 (98 US Stat 2779) which, inter alia, authorized franchising authorities to require cable operators...

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