Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Bilingual Bicultural Coalition on Mass Media, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided May 4, 1978No. Nos. 75-1855, 75-2181PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1ConcurrenceOpinion for the Court filed by Wilkey, Circuit Judge

Opinion dissenting in part filed by SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

These cases require us to consider once again the extent to which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must investigate broadcasters’ equal employment performance before it renews their broadcast licenses.1 The FCC renewed the licenses of stations KCBS (AM), San Francisco, California,2 and KONO (AM), San Antonio, Texas,3 without holding a hearing concerning their alleged job discrimination. Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) and Bilingual Bicultural Coalition on Mass Media (BBC) 4…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Office Of Communication Of The United Church Of Christ v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
  3. Federal Power Commission v. Idaho Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
  4. Federal Communications Commission v. Woko, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  5. Sanford v. KepnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1952

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Hercules Inc. v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
  2. Hercules Incorporated v. Environmental Protection Agency, Velsicol Chemical Corporation v. Douglas M. Costle, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
  3. Metro-Act of Rochester, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
  4. Syracuse Coalition for the Free Flow of Information in the Broadcast Media v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
  5. American Security Council Education Foundation v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Cbs Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979

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