Law360, New York (April 26, 2012, 5:24 PM ET) -- Texas officials asked the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month to reconsider a Texas state law that allows new cable providers to bypass the process of negotiating with individual municipalities, arguing the Fifth Circuit did not give the state a fair chance to defend the law.
Appealing a Fifth Circuit ruling that the law violated the First Amendment by discriminating against a small number of incumbent cable providers, the chairman and commissioners of the Public Utility Commission of Texas asked the Supreme Court on April 12...
Texas Officials Ask High Court To Review Cable Franchise Law
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