Kentucky City Appealing Dismissal of Altice Cable Franchise Fight
Pikesville, Kentucky, is appealing to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals the dismissal earlier this month of its lawsuit against Altice over cable service quality, it told the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky in a…
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notice of appeal last week (docket 7:22-cv-00064). The city sued claiming quality of service by Suddenlink declined after Altice bought the cable ISP. In granting the defense's motion to dismiss, District Judge David Bunting said the city didn't provide concrete allegations of Suddenlink's failure to maintain the level of service required by its cable franchise agreement with the city. It said only Suddenlink signed the franchise agreement with Pikesville, and state law prohibits holding parent company Altice liable for breach of the franchise agreement.