NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY, Petitioner,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents.
CBS, Inc., United Way of America, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., National Broadcasting Company, Inc., Intervenors.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 27, 1981.
Decided May 20, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Andrew Jay Schwartzman with whom Deborah C. Costlow and Heidi P. Sanchez were on the brief, for petitioner.
Lisa B. Margolis, Counsel, F. C. C., Washington, D. C., with whom Sanford M. Litvack, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Robert R. Bruce, Gen. Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, C. Grey Pash, Jr., counsel, F. C. C., Barry Grossman and Daniel J. Conway, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for respondents.
Stephen A. Weiswasser, Washington, D. C., with whom J. Roger Wollenberg, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for intervenor, CBS, Inc.
John S. Koch, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for intervenor, United Way of America.
Corydon B. Dunham, New York City, Howard Monderer, Washington, D. C., and Ellen Shaw Agress, New York City, were on the brief, for intervenor, National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
James A. McKenna, Jr. and Carl R. Ramey were on the brief, for intervenor, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
Before MacKINNON and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges and DAVIES, Senior, United States District Court Judge for the District of North Dakota.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Opinion PER CURIAM.
PER CURIAM:
The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (the Committee) petitions for review of an order of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The order denied the Committee's complaint that the television networks ABC, CBS and NBC violated the Fairness Doctrine1 when they rejected the Committee's request "to balance the issue" allegedly addressed by 60-second TV spot announcements which showed...
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