IN RE APPLICATION OF MEADOWLANDS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.


175 N.J. Super. 53 (1980)

417 A.2d 575

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF MEADOWLANDS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. FOR CERTIFICATES OF APPROVAL IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF EAST RUTHERFORD, CARLSTADT, LYNDHURST, EAST NEWARK, NORTH ARLINGTON AND RUTHERFORD AND THE APPLICATION OF WEST HUDSON COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL IN THE TOWN OF KEARNY. IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF MEADOWLANDS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. AND WEST HUDSON COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. FOR AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER CAPITAL STOCK ON ITS BOOKS. IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF KALEIDOSCOPE CABLE T.V., INC. ALLEGING ARBITRARY REFUSAL IN THE TOWN OF KEARNY. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF MICRO-CABLE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION D/B/A UA-COLUMBIA CABLEVISION OF NEW JERSEY FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF LYNDHURST, CARLSTADT, RUTHERFORD, EAST RUTHERFORD AND NORTH ARLINGTON.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greenwood, Weiss & Shain, attorneys for plaintiff Suburban Cablevision (Robert H. Greenwood, of counsel and on the brief).

Meyner & Landis, attorneys for respondent Meadowlands Communications Systems, Inc.

Norman A. Doyle, Jr., attorney for Town of Kearny filed a statement in lieu of brief.

John J. Degnan, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney for Board of Public Utilities, filed a statement in lieu of brief (Nielson V. Lewis, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel).

Carella, Bain, Gilfillan & Rhodes, attorneys for plaintiff UA-Columbia Cablevision of New Jersey.

Before Judges MATTHEWS, ARD and POLOW.


The opinion of the court was delivered by MATTHEWS, P.J.A.D.

Appellants UA-Columbia Cablevision of New Jersey (UA-Columbia) and Suburban Cablevision (Suburban) appeal from an order of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners (Board) granting certificates of approval to Meadowlands Communications Systems, Inc. (Meadowlands) to construct and operate a cable television system in seven Bergen and Hudson County communities. UA-Columbia appeals the issuance of certificates...

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