Comcast Cablevision of Broward County, Inc. v. Broward County
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
124 F. Supp. 2d 685 (S.D. Fla. 2000)
Relevant factsFree
Broward County (defendant) passed an ordinance requiring cable systems to give all internet service providers equal access to the cable system's broadband network, on terms as favorable as those the cable system gave itself, in order to promote internet-service competition. Comcast (plaintiff), a cable operator in the county, sued, arguing the ordinance violated its First Amendment rights by forcing it to carry others' content on equal terms with its own.
IssueFree
Whether a First Amendment challenge to an ordinance requiring cable systems to provide access to any internet service provider will be evaluated under the strict-scrutiny standard.