CITY OF DALLAS, TEX. v. F.C.C.

No. 96-60427.

118 F.3d 393 (1997)

CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS; City of Laredo, Texas, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 31, 1997.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

States and municipalities routinely charge a franchise fee for the right to operate a television cable system within its jurisdiction. Congress has required, however, that these fees be no more than five percent of a cable operator's "gross revenue." 47 U.S.C. § 542(b). In a final order, the Federal Communications Commission determined that a cable operator's gross revenue does not include money collected from subscribers that is...

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