Legal Opinion
Democratic National Committee v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 27, 1983No. 82-1872PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
We are called upon to decide whether the Federal Communications Commission correctly denied a fairness doctrine complaint that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed against the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). DNC alleges that during the fall of 1981 CBS and NBC violated the fairness doctrine by failing to provide adequate coverage to points of view critical of the Reagan Administration’s economic policies. The Commission ruled that DNC failed to present a prima facie case of a fairness doctrine violation because the…
3Cases cited8 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
- Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National CommitteeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Federal Communications Commission v. WNCN Listeners GuildSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- CBS, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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4Cited by1 opinion
- Democratic National Committee v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983