Legal Opinion
Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 2, 1984No. 82-912PublishedCited by 474 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
Moved to action by a widely felt need to sponsor independ-' ent sources of broadcast programming as an alternative to commercial broadcasting, Congress set out in 1967 to support and promote the development of noncommercial, educational broadcasting stations. A keystone of Congress’ program was the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, Pub. L. 90-129, 81 Stat. 365, 47 U. S. C. §390 et seq., which established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a nonprofit corporation authorized to disburse federal funds to noncommercial television and radio stations in support of station operations and…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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3Cited by474 opinions
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