1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. P.3d
  4. 208 P.3d
  5. 208 P.3d 1261 (2009)
 

PARSONS v. COMCAST OF CAL./COLO./WASH. I

No. 62152-1-I.

208 P.3d 1261 (2009)

Jeffrey T. PARSONS, Matthew Balkman, Gary David Biesheim, Neysa Blackwell, Thomas P. Carmody, Karren and Daniel Cawlfield, Scott and Julie Fowler, Roman G. Gilluly, George Gilluly, John G. and Susan B. Hansen, John A. and Joycelyn A. Keefe, Robert E. Kellum, Edward May, Allison S. May, Mark V. Martinez, Tyler P. Mickey, Farid and Soheila Moharjerjasbi, Thomas C. Mullins, Jane and Jeffrey Pinneo, Ryan Scharnhorst, Melody Scherting, Sheri M. Sleeth, Deborah Smith, Douglas and Amanda Strombom, Diane Zulas and all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. COMCAST OF CALIFORNIA/COLORADO/WASHINGTON I, INC.; Comcast of Washington IV, Inc.; and John Does I-XV, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

June 8, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirk Wines, Seattle, WA, John L. O'Brien, Issaquah, WA, for Appellants.

Randal Lee Gainer, Charles Scott Wright Davis, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.

GROSSE, J.

¶ 1 Subject to a few narrow exceptions, the Cable Act expressly preempts state or local action that amounts to rate regulation of basic cable television services, such is the purview of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and local franchising authorities alone. Individual subscribers or groups may only challenge the rates charged to them by a cable service provider before the FCC or before the local franchising authority. Because the plaintiffs...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases