Legal Opinion

Wold Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided June 1, 1984No. Nos. 82-2054, 82-2055, 82-2078, 82-2079 and 82-2422PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns the regulatory regime for key pieces of radio equipment, called transponders, located on domestic communications satellites (domsats). A transponder picks up information broadcast to a satellite by a “transmit” earth station, amplifies it, and relays it back to any “receive” earth station tuned into that satellite. The domsats in the matter before us, *32in the main, are or will be equipped with twenty-four operational transponders per satellite.1 Domsat operators generally have leased transponders…

2Cases cited13 opinions

Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
National Broadcasting Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
Federal Power Commission v. Texaco Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
Federal Communications Commission v. National Citizens Committee for BroadcastingSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by1 opinion

Wold Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Westinghouse Broadcasting and Cable, Inc., Citicorp, Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc., Home Box Office, Inc., Hughes Communications, Inc., Southern Pacific Communications Co., MCI Telecommunications Corp., American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. And Cbs, Inc., Western Union Telegraph Company, Southern Pacific Satellite Co., Viacom International, Inc., National Cable Satellite Corp., Spanish International Network, Inc., Intervenors. Wold Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Western Union Telegraph Company, MCI Telecommunications Corp., Southern Pacific Communications Co., Westinghouse Broadcasting and Cable, Inc., Hughes Communications, Inc., American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., and Cbs, Inc., Gte Satellite Corporation, Home Box Office, Inc., Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., Citicorp, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Southern Pacific Satellite Co., Viacom International, Inc., National Cable Satellite Corp., Spanish International Network, Inc., Intervenors. Satellite Syndicated Systems, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Western Union Telegraph Company, Southern Pacific Communications Co., Westinghouse Broadcasting and Cable, Inc., Hughes Communications, Inc., American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., and Cbs, Inc., Citicorp, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., Home Box Office, Inc., Gte Satellite Corporation, Rca American Communications, Inc., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Southern Pacific Satellite Company, Viacom International, Inc., National Cable Satellite Corp., Spanish International Network, Inc., Intervenors. Satellite Syndicated Systems, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Westinghouse Broadcasting and Cable, Inc., Citicorp, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., Home Box Office, Inc., Rca American Communications, Inc., Western Union Telegraph Company, Southern Pacific Communications Co., American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., and Cbs, Inc., Hughes Communications, Inc., Gte Satellite Corporation, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Southern Pacific Satellite Co., Viacom International, Inc., National Cable Satellite Corp., Spanish International Network, Inc., Intervenors. Wold Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Southern Pacific Satellite Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984