Legal Opinion
Agape Church, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 27, 2013No. 12-1334PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge EDWARDS.
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge KAVANAUGH.
EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge:
In the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 (the “Cable Act”), Congress enacted provisions requiring cable television systems to dedicate some of their channels to local broadcast stations, creating so-called “must-carry” rights for stations electing such mandatory carriage. See 47 U.S.C. §§ 534-35. Section 614(b)(7), the principal statutory provision at issue in this case, states that must-carry broadcast signals “shall be…
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