TURNER BROADCASTING, et al., Plaintiff,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, et al., Defendant.
United States District Court, District of Columbia.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 12, 1995.
December 12, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Bruce Douglas Sokler, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Washington, DC, James R. Miller, Jr., Miller, Miller & Canby, Rockville, MD, for Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc., Arts & Entertainment Network, Black Entertainment Television, Inc., E! Entertainment Television, Inc., Hearst/ABE-Viacom Entertainment Services, International Family Entertainment, Inc., National Cable Satellite Corp., QVC Network, Inc., The Travel Channel, Inc., USA Networks in No. 92-2247.
Theodore C. Hirt, Michael Sitcov, John Russell Tyler, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Federal Communications Commission, U.S. in Nos. 92-2247, 92-2558, and 92-2992.
Allan Abbot Tuttle, Patton & Boggs, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Peter Van N. Lockwood, Caplin & Drysdale, Washington, DC, for Discovery Communications, Inc., The Learning Channel, Inc. in No. 92-2558.
H. Bartow Farr, III, Klein, Farr, Smith & Taranto, Washington, DC, for National Cable Television Association, Inc., National Cable Television Association, Inc.
John Russell Tyler, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Federal Communications Commission, U.S. in No. 92-2495.
Theodore Case Whitehouse, Brian Conboy, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, Washington, DC, Robert D. Joffe, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. in No. 92-2494.
Theodore C. Hirt, John Russell Tyler, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Federal Communications Commission, U.S. in No. 92-2494.
John Pope Cole, Jr., Cole, Raywid & Braverman, Washington, DC, for Daniels Cablevision, Inc.
United States District Court, District of Columbia.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SPORKIN, District Judge.
This matter comes before this three-judge District Court1 on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States. The central question before the Court is whether the "must-carry" provisions of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 ("1992 Cable Act") violate the First Amendment.2
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