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AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE ASSUR. CO. v. F.C.C.

No. 96-1384.

129 F.3d 625 (1997)

AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF COLUMBUS, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 21, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig J. Blakeley argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Ronald J. Palenski.

C. Grey Pash, Jr., Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were William E. Kennard, General Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, Joel I. Klein, Acting Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Andrea Limmer, and Catherine G. O'Sullivan, Attorneys. James M. Carr, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, and Robert B. Nicholson, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, entered appearances.

Before: SENTELLE, RANDOLPH, and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:

In 1996 the Federal Communications Commission ruled that AFLAC Broadcast Partners, then the licensee of six commercial television stations and the owner-operator of a seventh, violated the Communications Act by refusing to sell time to candidates for federal elective office who refused to agree to a forum selection clause contained in AFLAC's standard "Agreement Form for Political Broadcasts." After the Commission's decision, but before the...

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