Legal Opinion
Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. Crisp
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 18, 1984No. 82-1795PublishedCited by 473 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
The question presented in this case is whether Oklahoma may require cable television operators in that State to delete all advertisements for alcoholic beverages contained in the out-of-state signals that they retransmit by cable to their subscribers. Petitioners contend that Oklahoma’s requirement abridges their rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments and is pre-empted by federal law. Because we conclude that this state regulation is pre-empted, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and do not reach the First Amendment question.
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