WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST, INC., a corporation, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, et al., Defendants.
TANDEM PRODUCTIONS, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff,
v.
COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., a corporation, et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, C. D. California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 4, 1976.
November 4, 1976.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Munger, Tolles & Rickershauser by Ronald L. Olson, Harvey I. Saferstein, Allen M. Katz, Nancy Bekavac, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs Writers Guild of America, West, Inc., and others.
Beardsley, Hufstedler & Kemble by Seth Hufstedler, Dennis M. Perluss, John Sobieski, Jerome H. Craig, Burton J. Gindler, Evelyn Balderman, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff Tandem Productions, Inc.
Donald A. Fareed, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., David J. Anderson, Dennis G. Linder, Special Litigation Counsel, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Barbara O'Malley, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C., for defendant F.C.C.
McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea by Philip K. Verleger, David A. Destino, Donna R. Black, Los Angeles, Cal., Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. by Jack B. Purcell, John D. Appel, Deputy Gen. Counsel, New York City, for defendant Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis by Irving R. Segal, Eugene A. Spector, Philadelphia, Pa., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher by John J. Hanson, Tom Lallas, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant National Broadcasting Co., Inc.
Bergson, Borkland, Margolis & Adler by Daniel H. Margolis, William R. Robertson, Eric J. Branfman, McKenna, Wilkinson & Kittner by Thomas N. Frohock, Washington, D.C., Lillick, McHose & Charles by Kenneth E. Kulzick, Andrew W. Robertson, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
Paul, Hastings & Janofsky by Oliver F. Green, Jr., David W. Steuber, Geoffrey L. Thomas, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant National Association of Broadcasters.
Moore, Berson & Lifflander by Ellen Shaw Agress, New York City, for National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting & Action for Children's Television, amicus curiae.
Frank W. Lloyd, III, Washington, D.C., for Citizens Communications Center, amicus curiae.
Rachel Wolkin, Newtonville, Mass., for Action for Children's Television, amicus curiae.
Louis Nizer, New York City, Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman by Allen E. Susman, Beverly Hills, Cal., for Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., amicus curiae.
United States District Court, C. D. California.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
FERGUSON, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
More than half a century ago, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover warned that, "We cannot allow any single person or group to place themselves in a position where they can censor the material which shall be broadcast to the public, nor do I believe that the government should ever be placed in a position of censoring this material."1 The plaintiffs in this case...
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