Legal Opinion
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 8, 1993No. Civ. A. 92-2247, 92-2292, 92-2494, 92-2495 and 92-2558PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JACKSON, District Judge.
Sections 4 and 5 of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, Pub.L. No. 102-385, 106 Stat. 1460 (to be codified at 47 U.S.C. §§ 534 & 535) (“the 1992 Cable Act” or “the Act”) require cable television system operators to carry the video signals of certain commercial and noncommercial educational television broadcast stations requesting that their signals be carried. The plaintiffs in these five consolidated lawsuits contend that these mandatory carriage (or “must-carry”) provisions violate *36their First Amendment rights.…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Ward v. Rock Against RacismSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Daniels Cablevision, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1993
- Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of Virginia v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1993
- The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia Bell Atlantic Video Services Company Bell Atlantic Corporation Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company C & P Telephone Company of Maryland the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia the Diamond State Telephone Company the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania New Jersey Bell Telephone Company v. United States of America Federal Communications Commission Janet Reno, in Her Official Capacity as Attorney General of the United States, and the National Cable Television Association, Incorporated, Consumer Federation of America Virginia Citizens Consumer Council Newspaper Association of America Virginia Press Association Computer & Communications Industry Association Mets Fans United/virginia Consumers for Cable Choice Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation the American Legislative Exchange Council the Competitive Enterprise Institute the United States Telephone Association Ameritech Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Gte Service Corporation, on Behalf of Its Affiliated Domestic Operating Companies Nynex Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Rochester Telephone Corporation Southwestern Bell Corporation Us West Incorporated Telecommunications Industry Association, Fiber Optics Division, Amici Curiae. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia Bell Atlantic Corporation Bell Atlantic Video Services Company Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia the Diamond State Telephone Company the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania New Jersey Bell Telephone Company v. The National Cable Television Association, Incorporated, and United States of America Federal Communications Commission Janet Reno, in Her Official Capacity as Attorney General of the United States, Consumer Federation of America Virginia Citizens Consumer Council Newspaper Association of America Virginia Press Association Computer & Communications Industry Association Mets Fans United/virginia Consumers for Cable Choice Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation the American Legislative Exchange Council the Competitive Enterprise Institute the United States Telephone Association Ameritech Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Gte Service Corporation, on Behalf of Its Affiliated Domestic Operating Companies Nynex Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Rochester Telephone Corporation Southwestern Bell Corporation Us West Incorporated Telecommunications Industry Association, Fiber Optics Division, Amici CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
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