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MUIR v. ALA. EDUCATIONAL TEL. COM'N

No. 80-7546.

656 F.2d 1012 (1981)

Donald E. MUIR, H. Jeff Buttram, and O. Navarro Faircloth, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALABAMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION; Jacob Walker, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

Rehearing Granted November 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Still, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Leitman, Siegal & Payne, P.A., Eddie Leitman, Andrew P. Campbell, Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Theodore D. Frank, Washington, D.C., for amicus Public Broadcasting Service.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, HILL and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing En Banc Granted November 16, 1981. See 662 F.2d 1110.

MARKEY, Chief Judge:

Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama refusing to order Alabama Educational Television Commission (AETC) to broadcast the program "Death of a Princess" and granting summary judgment for AETC. We affirm.

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