Court Denies Charter Bid for Judgment on Pleadings in Arizona Suit
U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver in Phoenix rejected Charter Communications' motion for judgment on the pleadings in its suit seeking declaratory relief for a set of agreements signed in 2015 with the city of Yuma. In a docket cv-20-01204 order…
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Tuesday, Silver rejected Charter's arguments that the 2015 agreements were interrelated, so when the franchise agreement was terminated in 2020, the other agreements were terminated, and that state law adopted in 2018 bars Yuma from enforcing its indefeasible right of use and maintenance agreements. Silver also granted in part and denied in part Charter's motion to dismiss Yuma counterclaims and said Charter will answer the counterclaim for breach of contract. "While Spectrum may, eventually, be entitled to judgment as a matter of law, it has not established its entitlement to such relief at this point," Silver said.