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MUIR v. ALABAMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION

Nos. 80-7546, 81-2011.

662 F.2d 1110 (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. Gertrude BARNSTONE and Harvey Malyn, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, KUHT-TV, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Still, Birmingham, Ala., Neil Bradley, Atlanta, Ga., 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 Public Broadcasting Service, amicus.

Lonny F. Zwiener, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., Pat Bailey, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Marjorie S. Reed, Daniel M. Armstrong, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Linda Oliver, FCC, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae FCC.

David H. Berg & Associates, Philip Zelikow, David Berg, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, BROWN, AINSWORTH, CHARLES CLARK, RONEY, GEE, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, RUBIN, VANCE, KRAVITCH, FRANK M. JOHNSON, JR., GARZA, HENDERSON, REAVLEY, POLITZ, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, RANDALL, TATE, SAM D. JOHNSON, THOMAS A. CLARK, WILLIAMS and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

(Opinion September 21, 1981, 5 Cir., 1981 656 F.2d 1012).

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

(Opinion October 30, 1981, 5 Cir., 1981 660 F.2d 137).

BY THE COURT:

A member of the Court in active service having requested a poll on the application for rehearing en banc and...

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