Appeals court slates 'Pasadena' case.(cable TV subscription fee case; appeals court; US Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)
Multichannel News, September, 2002 by Haugsted, Linda
A federal appeals court has set a date for oral arguments to decide a dispute between cities and the Federal Communications Commission over the practice by operators of charging consumers franchise fees amounting to more than 5 percent of the subscription fees they pay. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is slated to hear arguments in the dispute - brought by Pasadena, Calif.; Virginia Beach, Va.; and Nashville and Davidson County, Tenn., and commonly known as the "Pasadena case" -- during the week of Dec.
2. The dispute began as three separate FCC proceedings in 1998 and 1999, levied by the three localities against their respective cable operators. The argument is the latest tussle over how franchise fees are computed. ...
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