Community-Service Broadcasting of Mid-America, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Circuit Judge, LEVENTHAL, joined by Circuit Judge, TAMM, filed a dissenting opinion. Circuit Judge, MacKINNON, joined by Circuit Judge, ROBB, filed a dissenting opinion.
1ConcurrenceLeventhal, Circuit Judge
This case presents a challenge to § 399(b) of the Federal Communications Act, and to the rules promulgated pursuant to that section by the Federal Communications Commission.1 Section 399(b) requires any noncommercial educational television or radio station that receives federal funding to make audio recordings of all programs in which any issue of public importance is discussed.2 These recordings must be maintained for sixty days and made available at cost to any person who requests them.
*1136The petitioners, noncommercial educational broadcast licensees, press First and Fifth Amendment claims. As…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Arnett v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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