Legal Opinion · Concurrence
American Security Council Education Foundation v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Cbs Inc., Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 29, 1979No. 77-1443PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1ConcurrenceOpinion for the court filed by Tamm, Circuit Judge
SKELLY WRIGHT, Chief Judge.
Concurring Opinion filed by BAZELON, Circuit Judge.
Dissenting Opinion filed by WILKEY, Circuit Judge, with whom MacKINNON and ROBB, Circuit Judges, join.
TAMM, Circuit Judge:
We are called upon to decide whether the American Security Council Education Foundation (ASCEF) presented prima facie evidence that CBS, Inc. (CBS) violated the fairness doctrine by giving imbalanced coverage to “national security issues” in its news programming. The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) concluded that because ASCEF did not base its complaint on a particular,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. CohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by27 opinions
- American Legal Foundation v. Federal Communications Commission and the United States of America, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Carl Galloway v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Cbs, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Donald E. Muir, H. Jeff Buttram, and O. Navarro Faircloth, Plaintiffs v. Alabama Educational Television Commission Jacob Walker, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- CBS, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Henry W. Maier v. The Federal Communications Commission and the United States of America, Wtmj, Inc., Intervenor-RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
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