Legal Opinion
CBS Corp. v. Federal Communication Commission
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 6, 2008No. 06-3575PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Chief Judge.
In this petition for review, CBS appeals orders of the Federal Communications Commission imposing a monetary forfeiture under 47 U.S.C. § 503(b) for the broadcast of “indecent” material in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1464 and 47 C.F.R. § 73.3999. The sanctions stem from CBS’s live broadcast of the Super Bowl XXXVIII Halftime Show, in which two performers deviated from the show’s script resulting in the exposure of a bare female breast on camera, a deceitful and manipulative act that lasted nine-sixteenths of one second. CBS transmitted the image over…
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