UNITED STATES v. EDGE BROADCASTING CO.

No. 92-486.

509 U.S. 418 (1993)

UNITED STATES et al. v. EDGE BROADCASTING CO., t/a POWER 94

United States Supreme Court.

Decided June 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Larkin, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Starr, Acting Solicitor General Bryson, Assistant Attorney General Gerson, and Deputy Solicitor General Roberts.

Conrad M. Shumadine argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Walter D. Kelley, Jr.*

White, J., delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II, and IV, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, and Thomas, JJ., joined, the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts III-A and III-B, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and O'Connor, Scalia, and Thomas, JJ., joined, the opinion of the Court with respect to Part III-C, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Kennedy, Souter, and Thomas, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Part III-D, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Scalia and Thomas, JJ., joined. Souter, J., filed an opinion concurring in part, in which Kennedy, J., joined, p. 436. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Blackmun, J., joined, p. 436.


Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court, except as to Part III-D.*

In this case we must decide whether federal statutes that prohibit the broadcast of lottery advertising by a broadcaster licensed to a State that does not allow lotteries, while allowing such broadcasting by a broadcaster licensed to a State that sponsors a lottery, are, as applied to respondent, consistent with the First...

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