Legal Opinion
Schurz Communications, Incorporated v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 7, 1992No. 91-2350, 91-2597, 91-2598, 91-2684, 91-2855, 91-2883, 92-1117, 92-1120 and 92-1484PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In 1970 the Federal Communications Commission adopted “financial interest and syndication” rules designed to limit the power of the then three television networks — CBS, NBC, and ABC — over television programming. 47 C.F.R. § 73.658(j) (1990); see Network Television Broadcasting, 23 F.C.C.2d 382, 387 (1970), aff’d under the name of Mt. Mansfield Television, Inc. v. FCC, 442 F.2d 470 (2d Cir.1971). Each of the three networks consisted (as they still do) of several television stations, in key markets, owned and operated by the network itself, plus about two hundred…
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