FLORIDA STATE CONFERENCE OF NAACP v. F.C.C.

No. 93-1162.

24 F.3d 271 (1994)

FLORIDA STATE CONFERENCE OF BRANCHES OF the NAACP, and the Marion County Branch of the NAACP, Appellants, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee. Pasco Pinellas Broadcasting Company, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Honig, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Dennis Courtland, Gen. Counsel, and Everal Thompson, Associate Gen. Counsel, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

David Silberman, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were William E. Kennard, Gen. Counsel, and Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, Federal Communications Commission.

On the brief for intervenor Pasco Pinellas Broadcasting Co. were Dennis F. Begley and Andrew S. Kersting.

Before: SILBERMAN, WILLIAMS, and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

Two Florida NAACP organizations petition1 for review of the FCC's renewal of radio licenses to Pasco Pinellas Broadcasting Company. Although the Commission imposed a forfeiture of $18,000 on the company and granted only a short-term renewal because of the licensee's inadequate compliance with the FCC's Equal Employment Opportunity program requirements...

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