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Decision of Note: Race Discrimination Claims Against Charter Cable Can Proceed

By Ross Todd
March 01, 2019

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided that a group of African-American-owned television networks can pursue racial discrimination claims against Charter Communications Inc., the nation's third-largest cable provider. National Association of African American-Owned Media v. Charter Communications Inc., 17-55723.

The Ninth Circuit's decision upheld a lower court ruling that denied Charter's bid to knock out discrimination claims brought by Entertainment Studios, a television and motion picture company owned by African-American comedian, actor and entrepreneur Byron Allen.

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