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NEW YORK CITIZENS COMMITTEE ON CABLE TV v. MANHATTAN CABLE TV, INC.

No. 86 Civ. 0859 (RWS).

651 F.Supp. 802 (1986)

NEW YORK CITIZENS COMMITTEE ON CABLE TV, Plaintiff, v. MANHATTAN CABLE TV, INC., Time, Inc., American Television and Communications, Inc., Home Box Office, Inc., the City of New York, Edward Koch, Mayor, Andrew Stein, City Council President, Harrison Goldin, Comptroller, David Dinkins, Claire Shulman, Howard Golden, Ralph Lambetti and Stanley Simon, Borough Presidents, and Morris Tarshis, Director of Franchises, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

December 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Perry, Media Law Clinic, New York Law School, New York City, by Donaldson Brown, Christopher McHattie, Brendon Newcomb, Student Interns, for plaintiff.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for defendants Manhattan Cable TV, Inc. American Television and Communications, Inc., Time, Inc. and Home Box Office, Inc.; Robert D. Joffe, Stephen S. Madsen, Ronald K. Chen, Alden L. Atkins, Mark A. Sirota, of counsel.

OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

In this action, defendants Manhattan Cable TV, Inc. ("MCTV"), Time Incorporated ("Time"), American Television & Communications Corp. ("ATC") and Home Box Office, Inc. ("HBO") (collectively, the "Time defendants") have moved to dismiss the Amended Complaint of plaintiff New York Citizens Committee on Cable TV ("the Committee") pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) and, in the alternative, for summary judgment pursuant to Fed...

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