NJ Urges 3rd Circuit Reverse Lower Court in Cable Prorating
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities acted rationally in requiring cable operators to prorate bills for canceling customers, the state told the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a Tuesday brief (in Pacer) in docket 20-1773. Reverse a…
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preliminary injunction awarded Altice in January by U.S. District Court in Trenton (see 2005210004), New Jersey said. The district court didn’t give “any opportunity for the parties to fully brief the merits and also sua sponte issued a preliminary injunction in favor of Altice,” it said. The Cable Act stops states from regulating rates, but the BPU rule doesn’t affect prices, New Jersey said. At the district court Wednesday, Magistrate Judge Zahid Quraishi ordered (in Pacer) Altice to file motion for judgment on the pleadings and New Jersey to file motion for stay of proceedings by Aug. 21.