Legal Opinion
Coalition for Noncommercial Media v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 1, 2001No. 00-1253PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
The Coalition for Noncommercial Media, a nonprofit organization, challenges a Federal Communications Commission order swapping the status of two television channels licensed to the Western New York Public Broadcasting Association (“the Association”). As a result of the swap, Channel 17, previously unreserved, became reserved for non-commercial use and Channel 23, previously reserved, ceased to be. (The Commission allots a digital channel to accompany each analog channel,1 and its order effected similar…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Ashbacker Radio Corp. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Washington Ass'n for Television & Children v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Alianza Federal De Mercedes v. Federal Communications Commission, Hubbard Broadcasting Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Time Warner Entertainment Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Gene A. Folden, Coastal Communications Associates, and Judith A. Longshore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
- Vernal Enterprises, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2004
- Qwest Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, McLeodusa Telecommunications Services, Inc., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2007
- Sprint Communications Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2001
- Star Wireless, LLC v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2008
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