Legal Opinion
BellSouth Corp. v. United States
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided September 23, 1994No. CV 93-B-2661-SPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BLACKBURN, District Judge.
This ease involves a challenge to certain provisions of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, 47 U.S.C. § 521-559 (1988 & Supp. IV 1992). Plaintiffs, BellSouth Corporation, BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., and BellSouth Interactive Media Services, Inc., allege that subsections (1) and (2) of 47 U.S.C. § 533(b) 1 violate the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment and the equal protection guarantee embodied in the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Defendants are the Federal Communications Commission, the United States of America,…
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