Legal Opinion
United States v. Midwest Video Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 10, 1972No. 71-506PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Brennan
Community antenna television (CATV) was developed long after the enactment of the Communications Act of 1934, 48 Stat. 1064, as amended, 47 U. S. C. § 151 et seq., as an auxiliary to broadcasting through the retransmission by wire of intercepted television signals to viewers otherwise unable to receive them because of distance or local terrain.1 In United States v. Southwestern Cable Co., 392 U. S. 157 (1968), where we sustained the jurisdiction of *651the Federal Communications Commission to regulate the new industry, at least to the extent “reasonably ancillary to the effective performance of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- National Broadcasting Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Associated Press v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- United States v. Southwestern Cable Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by104 opinions
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- Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Federal Communications Commission v. National Citizens Committee for BroadcastingSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Home Box Office, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Professional Baseball, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
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