Legal Opinion
Public Interest Research Group and Environmental Law Institute v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 18, 1975No. 74-1434PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
The question in this case is whether a Maine television station, having broadcast paid advertisements for snowmobiles, must air the viewpoints of those who hold that snowmobiles are environmentally destructive, dangerous, noisy and offensive. The Federal Communications Commission, construing its recently revised fairness doctrine, has ruled not. Peter B. Herbst, 48 F.C.C.2d 614, reconsideration denied, 49 F.C.C.2d 411 (1974), stating that the ads were “standard product commercials” which were not devoted in an “obvious and meaningful way” to the discussion of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. TornilloSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National CommitteeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- National Labor Relations Board v. J. Weingarten, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by22 opinions
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