Legal Opinion
Multi-State Communications, Inc. v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 6, 1986No. 85 Civ. 9593 (CHT)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TENNEY, District Judge.
This is an action commenced in December 1985 by Multi-State Communications, Inc. (“Multi-State”) against the United States seeking a declaratory ruling pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201, 2202 that section 331 of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 331 (Supp.1986), 1 is unconstitu tional “because it is retroactive legislation which has had and continues to have an undue[,] harsh and oppressive impact on” Multi-State; that Multi-State filed its application for a license to operate channel 9, WOR-TV in reliance on existing principles of law; that it expended large sums…
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