Federal judge denied preliminary injunction in Starband’s breach-...
Federal judge denied preliminary injunction in Starband’s breach-of-contract suit against EchoStar. U.S. Dist. Judge Claude Hilton, Alexandria, Va., issued order denying request for injunction May 24, day after Starband filed suit (CD May 28 p11), court said. Starband, jolted…
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by EchoStar’s decision in March to end distribution agreement, charged in suit that it was owed “millions of dollars” in monthly and wholesale service fees by DBS provider. Starband contended that as result of EchoStar’s failure to turn over collections and billings functions it was suffering damages of $385,000 per week. “As a growing business, we couldn’t financially wait any longer to receive payments for the services we provide,” Starband Chmn. Zur Feldman said in May 24 e-mail to customers. “It’s unfortunate we were forced to take this legal step. It was a last resort for us to resolve these issues. We always prefer to settle business matters in a business environment, not in a courtroom.”