Legal Opinion
Paul Loveday and Californians for Smoking and No Smoking Sections v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 10, 1983No. 81-2061PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BORK.
BORK, Circuit Judge:
The Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 317 (1976 & Supp. V 1981), and the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, 47 C.F.R. § 73.1212 (1981), require licensed broadcast stations to identify the sponsors of paid political advertisements at the time those advertisements are broadcast. The licensee is under a duty, moreover, to make a reasonably diligent inquiry to learn, in order to identify, the true sponsor of the advertisements when the licensee has reason to think that it is someone other than the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- 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
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Preferred Communications, Inc. v. City of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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