Legal Opinion

Prayze Fm, Also Known as Incom, L.L.C., Mark Blake and Loretta Spivey v. Federal Communications Commission

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided June 5, 2000No. 1999PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants Prayze FM (also known as Incom, L.L.C.), Mark Blake, and Loretta Spivey (collectively, “Prayze”) appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Warren W. Eginton, /.), granting the motion of defendant-appellee Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) for a preliminary injunction barring Prayze FM, an unlicensed radio station, from broadcasting. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Prayze FM is an unlicensed commercial gospel radio station operating out of Bloomfield, Connecticut, a suburb of Hartford. Its asserted goal…

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