OFFICE OF COM. OF UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST v. F.C.C.

No. 86-1278.

826 F.2d 101 (1987)

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATION OF the UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and the United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna Lampert, with whom Henry Geller, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for petitioners.

Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, F.C.C., with whom Jack D. Smith, General Counsel, C. Grey Pash, Jr., Counsel, F.C.C., John J. Powers, III and Donald S. Clark, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for respondents.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, and MIKVA and BORK, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BORK.

Dissenting opinion filed by Chief Judge WALD.

BORK, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners are organizations, representing various segments of the radio and television audience, that raise public interest issues through involvement in the broadcast licensing process before the Federal Communications Commission. They petition this court to review the Commission's Policy Statement on Tender Offers and Proxy Contests...

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