Legal Opinion
The Network Project v. Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 22, 1977No. 75-1963PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
Appellants are numerous viewers of public television (viewer-appellants) 1 and three individuals who have written, directed and produced public television programs (producer-appellants). 2 Appellees are the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), established pursuant to congressional authorization as a conduit of federal funds for public television, and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), created by CPB to distribute public television programs to local stations, together with Clay T. Whitehead, who as a former presidential aide, was Director of…
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