Legal Opinion
Susan M. Bechtel v. Federal Communications Commission, Anchor Broadcasting Limited Partnership Galaxy Communications, Inc., Intervenors
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 17, 1993No. 92-1378, 93-1264 and 93-1265PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
In choosing among mutually exclusive applicants seeking to build and operate a new broadcasting station, the Federal Communications Commission prefers applicants who promise that the station’s owners will participate in its management. An applicant who lost because of this policy now attacks it as arbitrary and capricious.
The Commission’s preference for the “integration” of ownership and management originated more than 45 years ago in a rather mild form. “Other significant factors being equal,”…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Federal Communications Commission v. WNCN Listeners GuildSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Guardian Federal Savings and Loan Association v. Federal Savings and Loan Insurance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- McLouth Steel Products Corporation v. Lee M. Thomas, Administrator, and U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association v. Economic Regulatory AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by50 opinions
- County of Los Angeles, a Political Subdivision of the State of California, Owner and Operator of Los Angeles County/usc Medical Center, Harbor/ucla Medical Center, Martin Luther King Jr./drew Medical Center, Olive View Medical Center and High Desert Hospital Appellees/cross-Appellants v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1999
- American Farm Bureau v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2000
- New York v. U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2005
- Syncor Intl Corp v. Shalala, Donna E.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
- Alvin Lou Media, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2009
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