Legal Opinion
Radio-Television News Directors Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 3, 1999No. Nos. 98-1305, 98-1334PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
These consolidated appeals challenge the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) decision to not repeal the personal attack and political editorial rules. Petitioners1 maintain that the rules are “two vestiges of a bygone area of broadcasting regulation” that should have disappeared when the FCC abrogated the fairness doctrine that the two rules were allegedly intended to “effectuate.” Preserving the rules when their rationale has evaporated, petitioners contend, is arbitrary and capricious, and violates the First…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. SchorSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, National Association of Broadcasters, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2002
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