Legal Opinion
Radio Television News Directors Ass'n. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 10, 1968No. Nos. 16369, 16498-16499PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
This review raises the question of the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Comimssion’s recently promulgated rules concerning the airing of personal attacks and political editorials by broadcasters licensed by the Commission. An unincorporated association of radio and television journalists and eight companies holding licenses for radio and television stations 1 petitioned this court to review and set aside the final order of the Commission,2 issued on July 10, 1967, (adopted on July 5, 1967) which set forth the new rules.3 The Columbia Broadcasting System,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- John F. Banzhaf, III v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Wtrf-Tv, Inc. And National Association of Broadcasters, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., the Tobacco Institute, Inc., the American Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Larus & Brother Co., Inc., Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., Philip Morris, Inc., R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., United States Tobacco Co., P. Lorillard Co., Intervenors. Wtrf-Tv, Inc. And National Association of Broadcasters v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Heart Disease Research Foundation, Intervenors. The Tobacco Institute, Incorporated v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Sokolic v. RyanDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1969
- Banzhaf v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
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