RADIO-TELEVISION NEWS DIRECTORS ASS'N v. F.C.C.

Nos. 98-1305 & 98-1334.

229 F.3d 269 (2000)

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.

Filed October 11, 2000.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.

ROGERS, Circuit Judge:

The court is presently asked to order the vacation of the personal attack and political editorial rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in 1967 as corollaries to the fairness doctrine, which the Commission abandoned in 1985.2 See Motion to Recall the Mandate or For an Order Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 402(h), or a Writ of Mandamus to...

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