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REUTERS LTD. v. F.C.C.

Nos. 84-1567, 84-1568.

781 F.2d 946 (1986)

REUTERS LIMITED, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, Associated Information Services Corp., Intervenor. REUTERS LIMITED, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Associated Information Services Corp., Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 24, 1986.

As Amended January 24 and March 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Hardman, with whom John F. Noble, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant in No. 84-1567 and petitioner in No. 84-1568.

Roberta L. Cook, Counsel, F.C.C., with whom J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Jack D. Smith, Gen. Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, F.C.C., Catherine G. O'Sullivan and Edward T. Hand, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee in No. 84-1567 and respondents in No. 84-1568.

Paul J. Berman, with whom Jonathan D. Blake, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for intervenor in Nos. 84-1567 and 84-1568.

Before MIKVA and STARR, Circuit Judges, and McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.

STARR, Circuit Judge:

A precept which lies at the foundation of the modern administrative state is that agencies must abide by their rules and regulations. We have frequently been called upon to apply that venerable principle of law and common sense, and the appeal before us today fits squarely into that long line of cases. We hold that the Federal Communications Commission improperly breached this fundamental...

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