AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION v. F.C.C.

No. 85-1336.

774 F.2d 24 (1985)

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, and New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Eagle Telecommunications, Inc./Colorado, et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart T. Rossman, Theodore E. Dinsmoor, Boston, Mass., Cynthia M. Pols, Brunswick, Me., and Frederick Simpich, New York City, for National League of Cities, upon motion to dismiss petition for review.

Robert Perry, Michael Botein, and Burt Neuborne, New York City, for American Civil Liberties Union, Et Al., in opposition to motion to dismiss.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

On May 2, 1985, the Federal Communications Commission published a Report and Order1 amending portions of the Cable Communications Policy Act relating to cable access channels, local regulation of basic cable service rates, ownership of cable systems by other media, local franchise fees, and franchise renewal standards. Close to two hundred entities, including municipalities, corporations, and public interest organizations,...

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