WLNY-TV, INC., WRNN-TV Associates Limited Partnership and Paxson New York License, Inc., Petitioners,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents,
Time Warner Cable of New York City, Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/New House Partnership, Comcast Cablevision, Service Electric Cable TV of New Jersey and Cablevision Systems Corporation, Intervenors.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 14, 1998.
Decided December 21, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Daniel E. Troy, Washington, DC (Fred F. Fielding, Lawrence W. Secrest, III, Howard M. Radzely, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC), for Paxson New York License, Inc.
L. Andrew Tollin, Washington, DC (Michael Deuel Sullivan, Robert D. Primosch, Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer & Quinn, LLP, Washington, DC), for WLNY-TV, Inc.
Lee H. Simowitz, Washington, DC (Ann K. Ford, Mark A. Cymrot, Theodore N. Stern, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Washington, DC), for WRNN-TV Associates Limited Partnership; all on the joint brief for Petitioners.
Joel Marcus, Washington, DC (Christopher J. Wright, General Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC; Joel I. Klein, Assistant Attorney General, Robert B. Nicholson, Robert J. Wiggers, Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, of counsel), for Respondents.
Henk Brands, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Arthur H. Harding, R. Bruce Beckner, Jill Kleppe McClelland, Debra A. McGuire, Fleischman and Walsh, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Time Warner Cable of New York and Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership; Frank W. Lloyd, III, Christopher A. Holt, Gregory R. Firehock, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, Washington, DC, for Cablevision Systems Corporation; Steven J. Horvitz, Robert N. Walton, Cole, Raywid & Braverman, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Comcast Cablevision, Inc.; Henry A. Solomon, Haley Bader & Potts P.L.C., Arlington, Virginia, for Service Electric Cable TV of New Jersey; all on the joint brief for Intervenors.
Colby M. May, Washington, DC (Mark N. Troobnick, Law Office of Colby M. May, Washington, DC, of counsel), filed a brief Amici Curiae on behalf of Tri-State Christian TV, Inc. in support of Appellant WLNY-TV, Inc.
Before: FEINBERG, CARDAMONE, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
The petitioners-appellants (petitioners) on this appeal are the owners and operators of broadcast television stations in the greater New York metropolitan area. They are WLNY-TV, Inc., WRNN-TV Associates Limited Partnership, and Paxson New York License, Inc. (Paxson). Respondents are the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or agency) and the United States of America. The intervenors on appeal are all cable television companies: Time Warner...
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