Legal Opinion
Kcmc, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission and the United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 9, 1979No. 78-3037PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:
This case comes before us on a petition for review of a decision by the respondent Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in which the sole issue presented for review is the proper construction of an FCC regulation requiring the divestiture of certain commonly-owned daily newspapers and commercial television stations.
The petitioner, KCMC, Inc., is a licensee of television broadcast station KTAL-TV (KTAL). KTAL is an NBC network affiliate operating on Channel 6. Its immediate television competitors are KSLA-TV, Channel 12, a CBS affiliate, and KTBS-TV, Channel 3,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Caminetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Tennessee Valley Authority v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Federal Communications Commission v. National Citizens Committee for BroadcastingSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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