Legal Opinion
Committee for Community Access v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 15, 1984No. Nos. 82-2314, 82-2373 and 82-2400PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.
MIKVA, Circuit Judge:
This case represents yet another meandering effort by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) to develop a paradigm for its license renewal hearings. For years, this court has urged the FCC to put some bite into its comparative hearings. See, e.g., Central Florida Enterprises, Inc. v. FCC (Central Florida I), 598 F.2d 37 (D.C.Cir.1978), cert. dismissed, 441 U.S. 957, 99 S.Ct. 2189, 60 L.Ed.2d 1062 (1979). Indeed, we have too long hungered for just one instance in which the FCC properly denied an…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Associated Press v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Associated Press v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Greater Boston Television Corp. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Federal Communications Commission v. National Citizens Committee for BroadcastingSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Leroy Garrett, Trading as Garrett Broadcasting Service (Weup) v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Committee for Community Access v. Federal Communications Commission, Grandbanke Corporation, Intervenor. Save Our Station Committee v. Federal Communications Commission, Grandbanke Corporation, Intervenor. Simon Geller v. Federal Communications Commission, Grandbanke Corporation, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984