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TV Pix, Inc. v. Taylor

U.S.
Feb 2, 1970
396 U.S. 556 (1970)

Summary

In TV Pix, Inc. v. Taylor, 396 U.S. 556, 90 S.Ct. 749, 24 L.Ed.2d 746 (1970) (per curiam), the Supreme Court affirmed a district court's decision upholding a state's imposition of a certification requirement upon an interstate company that operated a community antenna television business.

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Opinion

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA

No. 214.

Decided February 2, 1970

304 F. Supp. 459, affirmed.

George M. McMillan for appellants.

Harvey Dickerson, Attorney General of Nevada, for appellees.

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by Solicitor General Griswold and Henry Geller for the United States, and by Paul Rodgers for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. E. Stratford Smith and Bruce Lovett filed a brief for the National Cable Television Association, Inc., as amicus curiae.


The motion of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners for leave to file a brief, is amicus curiae, is granted. The motion for leave to file the motion to dismiss or affirm is also granted.

The motion to affirm is granted and the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

TV Pix, Inc. v. Taylor

U.S.
Feb 2, 1970
396 U.S. 556 (1970)

In TV Pix, Inc. v. Taylor, 396 U.S. 556, 90 S.Ct. 749, 24 L.Ed.2d 746 (1970) (per curiam), the Supreme Court affirmed a district court's decision upholding a state's imposition of a certification requirement upon an interstate company that operated a community antenna television business.

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In TV Pix, the Supreme Court, by order and without comment, affirmed a judgment in which the district court, 304 F. Supp. 459 (D.C.Nev.), stated that cable TV was in interstate commerce but that its limited equipment regulation as a utility by the State did not unconstitutionally interfere with that commerce.

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Case details for

TV Pix, Inc. v. Taylor

Case Details

Full title:TV PIX, INC., ET AL. v . TAYLOR ET AL

Court:U.S.

Date published: Feb 2, 1970

Citations

396 U.S. 556 (1970)
90 S. Ct. 749

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