KRISTIN BROOKS HOPE CENTER v. F.C.C.

No. 09-1310.

626 F.3d 586 (2010)

KRISTIN BROOKS HOPE CENTER, Petitioner v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 3, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara A. Miller argued the cause of the petitioner. With her on the briefs were Danny E. Adams and Ira T. Kasdan .

Pamela L. Smith , Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Catherine O'Sullivan and Robert J. Wiggers , Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice, Austin C. Schlick , General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Jacob M. Lewis , Acting Deputy General Counsel, and Daniel M. Armstrong , Associate General Counsel. Robert B. Nicholson , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, and Richard K. Welch , Deputy Associate General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, entered appearances.

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.


WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge:

The Kristin Brooks Hope Center (the "Center") is a nonprofit organization that has operated suicide prevention hotlines since 1998. With the Center facing financial difficulties that risked causing the hotlines' disconnection, the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ("SAMHSA") asked the Federal Communications Commission in December 2006 to reassign five of the Center's toll-free hotline numbers to SAMHSA...

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