Palmer Communications, Inc. v. Coachella City

990 F.2d 1259 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. PALMER COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellee, v. COACHELLA CITY, Defendant and Edward Gorges; Grace Gorges, Defendants-counter-claimants-Appellants. No. 91-56446. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 9, 1993. Decided April 16, 1993. Before HALL, WIGGINS and TROTT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Edward and Grace Gorges ("the Gorgeses") appeal a jury verdict in favor of Palmer Communications, Inc. ("Palmer") on the Gorgeses' claim that Palmer breached a cable television franchise lease agreement. Jurisdiction is based on diversity. We affirm. FACTS 3 In 1960, the Gorgeses' cable television company obtained a non-exclusive, twenty-five year, cable television franchise from the City of Coachella, California ("the City"). The franchise was granted until December 17, 1985. The Gorgeses sold their company to Desert Cable TV, Inc. ("Desert Cable") in 1961. The…