NATIONAL SATELLITE SPORTS, INC. v. ELIADIS, INC.

Nos. 00-3013, 00-3437.

253 F.3d 900 (2001)

NATIONAL SATELLITE SPORTS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ELIADIS, INC., d/b/a Melody Lane Lounge, et al., Defendants, Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P., d/b/a Time Warner Cable, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Richard W. Clary, CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE, New York, New York, for Appellant.

Michael J. Dell, KRAMER, LEVIN, NAFTALIS & FRANKEL, New York, New York, for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Richard W. Clary, CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE, New York, New York, E. Marie Wheeler, Akron, Ohio, for Appellant.

Michael D. Slodov, JAVITCH, BLOCK, EISEN & RATHBONE, Cleveland, Ohio, Marcus W. Corwin, Skip M. Klauber, Boca Raton, Florida, for Appellee.

Francine R. Strauss, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.

Before: JONES, SILER, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.


Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

On the night of December 14, 1996, the Melody Lane Lounge, a commercial bar located in Massillon, Ohio, showed the live broadcast of a boxing match between Riddick Bowe and Andrew Golota (the event). National Satellite Sports, Inc. (NSS) had obtained the exclusive right to broadcast the event to commercial establishments in Ohio. Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. had...

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