SKY ANGEL U.S. v. DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

No. 16-2050.

885 F.3d 271 (2018)

SKY ANGEL U.S., LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; Animal Planet, L.L.C., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 15, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Lynn E. Calkins , HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. David Lawrence Yohai , WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jessica L. Farmer , HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Theodore E. Tsekerides , Gregory S. Silbert , David E. Yolkut , New York, New York, Peter D. Isakoff , WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Diaz wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson and Senior Judge Shedd joined.


This case involves a contract dispute between a media company and a television distributor. In October 2007, Sky Angel U.S., LLC obtained nonexclusive distribution rights to Discovery Communications, LLC's television programming. The written contract contained a satisfaction clause allowing Discovery to terminate the agreement...

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