Legal Opinion
Northwestern Indiana Telephone Company, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 31, 1987No. 85-1542PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.
SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a dispute between the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), a telephone company in Indiana owned by an individual named Robert Mussman, and a cable television company owned and managed by Robert Mussman’s son Rhys. Northwestern Indiana Telephone Company (“NITCO”), and Northwest Indiana CATV, Inc. (“Northwest”), the cable company, petition this court to review decisions by the FCC holding that the two companies violated the agency’s telephone/cable cross-ownership rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.54…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Washington Ass'n for Television & Children v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- General Telephone Company of California v. Federal Communications Commission, Storer Broadcasting Company, Teleprompter Corporation, National Cable Television Assn., Inc., United States of America, Intervenors. United Inter-Mountain Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission, Storer Broadcasting Company, Teleprompter Corporation, Sterling Information Services, Ltd., National Cable Television Assn., Inc., United States of America, Intervenors. United Telephone Company of Ohio v. Federal Communications Commission, Storer Broadcasting Company, Warrensburg Cable, Inc., Teleprompter Corporation, Sterling Information Services, Ltd., National Cable Television Assn., Inc., United States of America, Intervenors. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Teleprompter Corporation, Inc., National Cable Television Assn., Inc., Storer Broadcasting Company, City of New York, Cox-Cosmos, Inc., Intervenors. National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Teleprompter Corporation, National Cable Television Assn., Inc., Storer Broadcasting Company, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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- National Cable Television Ass'n v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
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