United States Sixth Circuit

In an action brought by a producer of public access programming alleging that Time Warner Cable rules for submitting public access programs violate her First Amendment right of free speech, dismissal of her complaint is affirmed as: 1) she was unable to show that the actions of Time Warner, a private party, constituted state action; 2) she lacked standing to challenge a residency requirement; and 3) she failed to show the regulations approved by defendant-city violated her First Amendment rights.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/17/2007
• Decided 08/16/2007
• Published 08/16/2007

Judges

• Before: MERRITT and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges;  LAWSON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Jacquenette S. Corgan, Daniel J. Leffler, c/o Law Office of Warner Mendenhall, Akron, Ohio, for Appellant.  David A. Muntean, City of Akron Department of Law, Akron, Ohio, Jonathan B. Fellows, Bond, Schoeneck & King, Syracuse, New York, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:Jacquenette S. Corgan, Daniel J. Leffler, Warner D. Mendenhall, c/o Law Office of Warner Mendenhall, Akron, Ohio, for Appellant.  David A. Muntean, Stephen A. Fallis, City of Akron Department of Law, Akron, Ohio, Jonathan B. Fellows, Bond, Schoeneck & King, Syracuse, New York, for Appellees.