Legal Opinion
Telecommunications Research & Action Center v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 19, 1986No. 85-1160PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BORK.
Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Senior Circuit Judge Mac-KINNON.
BORK, Circuit Judge:
Petitioners challenge the Federal Communications Commission’s decision not to apply three forms of political broadcast regulation to a new technology, teletext. Teletext provides a means of transmitting textual and graphic material to the television screens of home viewers.
The Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 312(a)(7) (1982), requires broadcast licensees to “allow reasonable access ... for the use of a broadcasting station by…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Telecommunications Research And Action Center v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986