MILLER v. F.C.C.

No. 92-8777.

66 F.3d 1140 (1995)

Zell MILLER, Zell Miller for Governor, Pierre Howard, Georgians for Howard '90, Johnny Isakson, Johnny Isakson for Governor, Andrew Young, Young Working for Georgia, Lauren McDonald, Lauren McDonald for Governor, Roy Barnes, Roy Barnes for Governor, Tim Ryles, Tim Ryles for Insurance Commissioner, Warren Evans, Warren Evans Election Committee, William L. Dickinson, Second District Campaign Committee, William J. Cabaniss, Friends of Bill Cabaniss Committee, Spencer T. Bachus, III, Bachus for Attorney General Committee, John Teague, James E. Folsom, Jr., Jim Folsom, Jr., for Lieutenant Governor Committee, Fob James, Fob James for Governor Committee, Kenneth D. Wallis, Alabamians for Ken Wallis Committee, George D.H. McMillan, Jr., The McMillan Committee, George Wallace, Jr., Wallace for Treasurer Committee, Charles A. Graddick, Graddick for Governor Committee, William J. Baxley, Friends of Bill Baxley, Paul Hubbert, Richard Shelby, Don Siegelman, Jimmy Sullivan, Sonny Hornsby, Friends of E.C. Sonny Hornsby, Mark Kennedy, Judge Mark Kennedy for Supreme Court and Friends of Judge Mark Kennedy, Candidates for Public Office in Georgia and Alabama and Their Respective Campaign Committees, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Respondent, Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., Chris-Craft Industries, Inc., The Times Mirror Company, American Family Broadcast Group, Inc., Allbritton Communications Company, CBS, Inc., Chronicle Publishing Co., Fox Television Stations, Inc., Gillett Broadcasting of California, Inc., Gillett Communications of San Diego, Inc., Great American Television and Radio Company, Inc., Kelly Broadcasting Company, Kelly Television Company, Lin Television Corporation, McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Company, Inc., Midwest Television, Inc., National Broadcasting Company, Inc., The New York Times Company, Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc., The Providence Journal Company, The Spartan Broadcasting Company, Tribune Broadcasting Company, Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Inc., WKRG-TV, Inc., WTVT, Inc., Meredith Corporation, A.H. Belo Corporation, Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation, Cox Enterprises, Inc., National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy F. Barnes, Robert S. Kahn, Barnes, Browning, Tanksley & Casurella, Marietta, GA, Albert G. Norman, Jr., John L. Watkins, L. Craig Dowdy, Bruce P. Brown, Long, Aldridge & Norman, Atlanta, GA, Michael Jablonski, Savell & Williams, Atlanta, GA, Roger S. Morrow, Morrow, Romine & Pearson, P.C., Montgomery, AL, Barbara A. McIntyre, Long, Aldridge & Norman, Atlanta, GA, for petitioners.

C. Grey Pash, Jr., FCC, Washington, DC, Daniel M. Armstrong, Catherine G. O'Sullivan, Andrea Limmer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for intervenors.

Carter G. Phillips, Richard Klingler, Craig J. Blakeley, Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, for American Family Broadcast Group & Tribune Broadcasting.

Suzanne M. Perry, Peter C. Canfield, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Washington, DC, for A.H. Belo, Cosmos, & Cox Enterprises.

Theodore D. Kramer, Haley, Bader & Potts, Washington, DC, for Meredith Corp.

Mark J. Prak, Brooks, Pierce, McLeondon, Humprey & Leonard, Raleigh, NC, for North Carolina Association of Broadcasters.

Marjorie Nieset Neufeld, National Broadcasting, Inc., Burbank, CA, Arthur B. Goodkind, Koteen & Naftalin, Washington, DC, for National Broadcasting Co., Inc.

J. Roger Wollenberg, William R. Richardson, Jr., Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, for Capital Cities.

Ramsey L. Woodworth, Wilkes, Artis, Hedrick & Lane, Washington, DC, for Westinghouse Broadcasting.

Dennis Paul Corbett, Leventhal, Senter & Lerman, Washington, DC, for WKRG-TV.

Gregory M. Schmidt, Martin Wald, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Post-Newsweek, etc.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge, and CLARK, Senior Circuit Judge.


TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:

This case involves a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's (the "FCC" or "Commission") interpretation of section 315(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 315(b), which establishes a limit on the amount that a broadcast station may charge a political candidate for campaign advertisements — the lowest unit charge. Petitioners, twenty-five candidates for various public offices in Georgia and Alabama along...

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