Legal Opinion
Henry Geller v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 7, 1979No. 77-1093PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion per curiam.
2Per curiam
The pivotal question before us is whether regulations of the Federal Communications Commission initially promulgated to facilitate the enactment of new copyright legislation can, once that purpose has been fully exploited, subsist without a fresh determination that they serve the public interest in some other manner. We answer that question in the negative.
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After years of inconclusive effort to define a satisfactory relationship between broadcasting and cable 1 in the provision of television programming, 2 the Commission in 1971 issued a “Letter of Intent” 3 incorporating a…
3Cases cited31 opinions
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- National Broadcasting Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Scanwell Laboratories, Inc. v. John H. Shaffer, Administrator (Acting) of the Federal Aviation AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Southwestern Cable Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
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4Cited by98 opinions
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- United Steelworkers of America v. MarshallCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- National Labor Relations Board Union v. Federal Labor Relations AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
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