Legal Opinion
National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 1, 1977No. Nos. 75-1064, 75-1152, 75-1289, 75-1379, 75-1386, 75-1387, 75-1388, 75-1567, 75-1614 and 75-1618PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge BAZELON.
BAZELON, Chief Judge:
At issue are Federal Communications Commission regulations dealing with one aspect of media ownership concentration: newspaper-broadcast station cross-ownership. Second Report and Order (Order), 50 F.C.C.2d 1046 (1974), reconsidered 53 F.C. C.2d 589 (1975).1 In 1970 the Commission proposed rules entirely eliminating newspaper-broadcast affiliation in a common city of operation. Docket 18110, 22 F.C.C.2d 349 (1970). Following a lengthy rulemaking proceeding, the Commission issued the more limited ban challenged here by the…
2Cases cited60 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- City of New Orleans v. DukesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by13 opinions
- American Petroleum Institute v. KnechtDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1978
- Roberts v. Secretary, Department of Housing & Urban DevelopmentDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1979
- Midwest Video Corp. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Anthony Herbert v. Barry Lando, Mike Wallace, Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., Atlantic Monthly Company, Barry Lando, Mike Wallace and Cbs Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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