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U.S. Supreme Court

Mar. 12, 2019

Charter, Comcast take civil rights lawsuit to nation’s high court

Two of the nation’s largest telecommunications providers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in lawsuits claiming they improperly refused to carry programs produced by an African-American owned production studio because of racial discrimination.

Two of the nation's largest telecommunications providers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in lawsuits claiming they improperly refused to carry programs produced by an African-American owned production studio because of racial discrimination.

The certiorari petitions filed Friday by Charter Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp. ask the justices to reverse two rulings issued by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that...

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