Legal Opinion

Arkansas AFL-CIO v. Federal Communications Commission

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 7, 1993No. 92-1115PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BEAM, Circuit Judge, with whom FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, BOWMAN, MAGILL and LOKEN, Circuit Judges, join.

This appeal arises from the. Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) refusal to apply the fairness doctrine to KARK-TV (“KARK”1). The FCC ruled that the fairness doctrine was not statutorily mandated, and was no longer in the public intérest. Based on this determination, the FCC dismissed a fairness doctrine complaint filed by the Arkansas AFL-CIO and The Committee Against Amendment 2 (collectively “Committee”). A panel of this court affirmed. Arkansas AFL-CIO v. FCC, 980…

2Cases cited32 opinions

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