Legal Opinion
American Family Life Assurance Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 21, 1997No. 96-1384PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:. In 1996 the Federal Communications Commission ruled that AFLAC Broadcast Partners, then the licensee of six commercial television stations and the owner-operator of a seventh, violated the Communications Act by refusing to sell time to candidates for federal elective office who refused to agree to a forum selection clause contained in AF-LAC’s standard “Agreement Form for Political Broadcasts.” After the Commission’s decision, but before the case reached us, AF-LAC sold all of its interests in the television stations and apparently dissolved, with petitioner assuming…
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