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MOTION PICTURE ASS'N OF AMERICA, INC. v. F.C.C.

Nos. 01-1149, 01-1155.

309 F.3d 796 (2002)

MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC., et al., Petitioners. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents. National Television Video Access Coalition, et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 8, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Corn-Revere argued the cause for petitioner Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., et al. With him on the briefs was Ronald G. London.

Daniel F. Goldstein argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioner National Federation of the Blind.

C. Grey Pash, Jr., Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Jane E. Mago, General Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, and Jacob M. Lewis, Attorney, United States Department of Justice. Catherine G. O'Sullivan, Chief Counsel, and Nancy C. Garrison, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, entered appearances.

Donald J. Evans argued the cause for intervenors. With him on the brief were Liliana E. Ward, Keith A. Noreika, and Robert A. Long, Jr.

Before: EDWARDS, HENDERSON, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

The Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 ("the Telecommunications Act"), added new provisions covering video programming accessibility to the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq. ("the Act")...

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