Prime Ticket Network v. British-American Communications, Inc.

87 F.3d 1321 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. PRIME TICKET NETWORK, a California limited partnership Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. BRITISH-AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a California corporation Defendant-Counter-claimant-Appellant. No. 95-55784. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 4, 1996. * Decided June 26, 1996. Before: FARRIS, FERNANDEZ, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 British-American Communications, Inc. (BAC), an independent cable service company which primarily services Los Angeles area apartments and condominiums, appeals the district court's order of civil contempt and order to pay damages plus attorney's fees for violating a permanent injunction which ordered BAC to refrain from intercepting and selling the satellite transmissions of the Prime Ticket sports television network. We affirm. 1. The Contempt Award of Statutory Damages 3 On appeal BAC protests the award of statutory damages for the…