Legal Opinion
Marsh Media, Ltd. v. Federal Communications Commission and the United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 27, 1986No. 84-4808, 85-4319PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
March Media, Ltd. petitions for review of two orders of the Federal Communications Commission which declined to reconsider a regulation limiting cross-ownership of a television station and a cable television system in the same market (our docket No. 84-4808) and required Marsh to divest itself of part of its interest in an Amarillo, Texas, cable system (our docket No. 85-4319). We deny the petitions for review.
Background
In 1965 Marsh, owner of Amarillo television station KVII-TV, and three partners received a franchise to establish a cable television system in Amarillo.…
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