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MARSH MEDIA, LTD. v. F.C.C.

Nos. 84-4808, 85-4319.

798 F.2d 772 (1986)

MARSH MEDIA, LTD., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and the United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bert W. Rein, Washington, D.C., Liskow & Lewis, Larry M. Roedel, New Orleans, La., Wiley & Rein, John C. Quale, James R. Bayes, Diane Z. Goldman, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

David M. Hunsaker, McLean, Va., for amicus curiae Freedom of Expression Foundation.

Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, F.C.C., Robert B. Nicholson, George Edelstein, William French Smith, Atty. Gen., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Sheldon Guttmann, Martin A. Blumenthal, Attys., William J. Tricarico, Secretary, F.C.C., Gregory M. Christopher, Edwin Meese, III, Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., for respondents.

Wilhelmina R. Cooke, Citizens Comm. Cent., Washington, D.C., for Telecommunications Research and Action Center.

David G. Rozzelle, Frank R. Jazzo, Washington, D.C., for Western Communications, Inc.

Before THORNBERRY, POLITZ and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 29, 1986.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

March Media, Ltd. petitions for review of two orders of the Federal Communications Commission which declined to reconsider a regulation limiting cross-ownership of a television station and a cable television system in the same market (our docket No. 84-4808) and required Marsh to divest itself of part of its interest in an Amarillo, Texas, cable system (our docket No. 85-4319...

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