Texas Cities Seek to Add 2 More Plaintiffs in Franchise Fee Fight vs. Disney, Hulu, Netflix
The 29 plaintiff Texas cities seeking to force Disney, Hulu and Netflix to pay franchise fees for the video programming they provide through wireline facilities in the public rights-of-way (see 2304120051) seek leave to add the Texas cities of Cedar…
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Park and Farmers Branch as additional plaintiffs in a second amended complaint, said their unopposed motion Tuesday (docket DC-22-09128) in the 14th Judicial District Court in Dallas. Under the Texas government code, adding the two new plaintiffs required the approval of the Office of the Texas Attorney General, which gave its OK April 6, said the motion. The plaintiffs seek further leave for the second amended complaint to exceed the 25-page limit by 10 pages, “nine pages of which are signature block and one page of which is primarily the case caption,” it said.