Legal Opinion
Communications Satellite Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 14, 1977No. 75-2193PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by MacKINNON, Circuit Judge.
MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:
The Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) was created by the Communications Satellite Act of 1962, 76 Stat. 719, 47 U.S.C. §§ 701-744 (1970), for the purpose of developing a profitable commercial international telecommunications technology using earth satellites to relay signals. The corporation was not to “be an agency or establishment of the United States Government,” 47 U.S.C. § 731, yet it was subject to the regulation of the President, NASA, and the FCC in important specified respects. 47 U.S.C. §…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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