Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Council of NAACP Branches v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 27, 1995No. Nos. 93-1471, 94-1039PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.
SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:
The Metropolitan Council of NAACP Branches, the Caucus for Media Diversity, and various individuals (hereinafter “appellants”), appeal from a decision of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) granting Fox Television Stations, Inc. (“Fox”) a permanent waiver of its ban on the cross-ownership of TV stations and newspapers in the same market in rela*1157tion to the reaequisition of the New York Post newspaper by Fox’s principal, Rupert Murdoch. They argue that the FCC acted in an arbitrary or…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Federal Communications Commission v. National Citizens Committee for BroadcastingSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. Storer Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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