RADIO-TELEVISION NEWS DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION and National Association of Broadcasters, Petitioners
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents
Office of Communication, Inc., of the United Church of Christ, et al., Intervenors
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 21, 1999.
Decided August 3, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Daniel E. Troy argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Richard E. Wiley, Henry L. Baumann, Jack N. Goodman and Steven A. Bookshester. Kathleen A. Kirby entered an appearance.
David M. Hunsaker and Denise B. Moline were on the briefs for appellant Freedom of Expression Foundation, Inc.
Christopher J. Wright, General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General at the time the brief was filed, U.S. Department of Justice, Mark B. Stern and Jacob M. Lewis, Attorneys, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, and C. Grey Pash, Jr., Counsel.
Andrew Jay Schwartzman argued the cause for intervenors Office of Communication, Inc., of the United Church of Christ, et al. With him on the brief was Gigi B. Sohn.
Angela J. Campbell and Randi M. Albert were on the brief for amicus curiae Safe Energy Communication Council.
Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, WALD and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
These consolidated appeals challenge the Federal Communications Commission's ("FCC") decision to not repeal the personal attack and political editorial rules. Petitioners1 maintain that the rules are "two vestiges of a bygone area of broadcasting regulation" that should have disappeared when the FCC abrogated the fairness doctrine that the two rules were...
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