CBS Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

TATEL, Circuit Judge:

To facilitate speedy consideration of two mergers of major cable companies, the Federal Communications Commission ordered the merger applicants to submit certain proprietary documents for review and, central to this case, proposed to make them available for examination by other players in the cable industry on an expédited schedule. Concerned that those documents would reveal information about their own dealings, petitioners — several other large entertainment companies— asked the Commission to reconsider. The Commission…