Urban League Young Professionals of Metropolitan Denver issued a statement Tuesday about a civil rights case involving Comcast Corp., to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court this week.

TV personality and executive Byron Allen has a four-year-old, $20 billion lawsuit against the cable provider for refusing to carry any of his seven lifestyle channels, alleging discrimination against his black-owned company, Entertainment Studios.

The company said that race was not the sole reason for rejecting Allen’s channels, but, moreover, they didn’t seem like a good business opportunity.

Allen, nonetheless, bought the Weather Channel from Comcast last year for $300 million.

The Denver Urban League group said the company’s appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court would undermine civil rights protections more broadly.

“Experts believe that if Comcast prevails, it will be much harder for victims of race discrimination to sue employers, landlords and other businesses under section 1981 because plaintiffs will be required to prove that racial discrimination was the only factor in any disputed contracting scenario,” the Denver chapter said in its statement.

“A decision for Comcast would place additional obstacles in the path of victims of racial discrimination who want the opportunity to be heard in court. Rather than accepting the decisions of the appellate courts, Comcast is intentionally seeking the support of the more conservative Supreme Court and Department of Justice.”

Besides urging the public to cancel their Comcast accounts, the Urban League Young Professionals of Metropolitan Denver called on Colorado’s congressional delegation to get involved to “to join the fight to protect the right of African-Americans to defend their civil rights.”

Comcast issued a statement this week in response to a letter from U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois to to Comcast chairman-CEO Brian Roberts asserting the cable giant should be broken up over the Allen lawsuit.

“We believe that the civil rights laws are an essential tool for protecting the rights of African Americans and other diverse communities,” Comcast said in its statement.

“We have been forced to appeal this decision to defend against a meritless $20 billion claim, but have kept our argument narrowly focused. We are not seeking to roll back any civil rights laws – all we are asking is that section 1981 in our case be interpreted the same way it has been for decades across the country.”