Legal Opinion
Action for Children's Television v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 26, 1987No. 86-1425PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
STARR, Circuit Judge:
This case brings before us two issues pertaining to the Federal Communications Commission’s regulation of television broadcasting. Petitioners Action for Children’s Television and Black Citizens for a Fair Media (“ACT” or “petitioners”) allege, first, that the Commission failed to engage in “reasoned decisionmaking” in withdrawing its long-standing children’s television commercialization guidelines. Second, petitioners argue that the Commission failed adequately to justify its replacement of comprehensive television program logging requirements with a less exacting…
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