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

Nos. 87-1243, 88-1797 and 88-1875.

911 F.2d 803 (1990)

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATION OF the UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, et al., Appellants, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, Silver King Broadcasting of Maryland, Inc., Family Media, Inc., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 24, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Jay Schwartzman, with whom Gigi B. Sohn and Angela J. Campbell were on the brief, for appellants. David W. Danner, Henry Geller, and Donna Lampert also entered appearances, for Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, et al.

Sue Ann Preskill, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission ("FCC"), with whom Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, FCC, James F. Rill, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert B. Nicholson, and Marion L. Jetton, Attys., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for appellee. C. Grey Pash, Jr., Atty., FCC, also entered an appearance, for the FCC.

John R. Feore, Jr., for intervenor Silver King Broadcasting of Maryland, Inc., in No. 87-1243 and intervenor Silver King Broadcasting of Vineland, Inc., in No. 88-1875.

Richard E. Wiley, James R. Bayes, and Jerry V. Haines entered appearances, for intervenor Family Media, Inc., in No. 87-1243.

Before EDWARDS, RUTH BADER GINSBURG, and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

The Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, Action for Children's Television, the National Organization for Women Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Professor Robert Lewis Shayon (collectively, "UCC") appeal two orders of the Federal Communications Commission and petition for review of a third. In these orders, the Commission held that the statement of proposed...

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