Legal Opinion
Time Warner Entertainment Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 30, 1996No. Nos. 93-5349, 93-1266, 93-1384, 93-5350 & 93-5351PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.
Opinion dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
2Per curiam
These are facial challenges to nine provisions of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Pub.L. No. 102-385, 106 Stat. 1460 (“1992 Act”), and two provisions of its predecessor, the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, Pub.L. No. 98-549, 98 Stat. 2779 (“1984 Act”). A group of cable television system owner/operators and programmers contend that the following provisions infringe upon their First Amendment right to freedom of speech: sections 611 (public, educational,…
3Cases cited48 opinions
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4Cited by4 opinions
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- Time Warner Entertainment Co., L.P. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
- Time Warner Entertainment Co., L.P. v. Federal Communications Commission, Association of America's Public Television Stations, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
- Women Prisoners of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996