Legal Opinion
Trinity Broadcasting of Florida, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 5, 2000No. 99-1183, 99-1184 and 99-1186PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a recurring question of administrative law: What constitutes sufficiently fair notice of an agency’s interpretation of a regulation to justify punishing someone for violating it? The Federal Communications Commission interpreted its now-superseded minority preference regulation as requiring not only that a majority of an applicant’s board of directors be minorities, but also that an applicant demonstrate actual control by minorities. Acting on this interpretation, the Commission denied appellants’…
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