The Lafayette Utilities System (LUS) in Louisiana won a legal battle...
The Lafayette Utilities System (LUS) in Louisiana won a legal battle against the National Cable Television Cooperative, of Kansas. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Vratil in Kansas tossed out a lawsuit filed by the coop to block LUS Fiber from appealing…
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to the FCC the group’s denial of membership to the provider. Membership would allow it to negotiate discounts in content agreements. LUS Fiber had said in an earlier lawsuit in the court that coop member Cox Communications leveraged its influence to prevent LUS from becoming a member. Cox denied the allegations. The NCTC later filed a countersuit against LUS to prevent its complaint from being heard by the FCC. But Vratil ruled that the commission, not a federal judge, should decide the matter.