TIME WARNER CABLE INC. v. F.C.C.

Docket Nos. 11-4138(L), 11-5152(Con).

729 F.3d 137 (2013)

TIME WARNER CABLE INC., National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 4, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd Abrans ( Marc Lawrence-Apfelbaum , Jeff Zimmerman , Time Warner Cable Inc., New York, NY; Richard P. Press , Matthew A. Brill , Amanda E. Potter , Matthew T. Murchison , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C.; Landis C. Best , Ari Melber , Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York, NY, on the brief), Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York, NY, for Petitioner Time Warner Cable Inc.

Miguel A. Estrada ( Rick Chessen , Neal M. Goldberg , Michael S. Schooler , Diane B. Burstein , National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Washington, D.C.; Cynthia E. Richman , Scott P. Martin , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C.; Howard J. Symous , Tara M. Corvo , Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., Washington, D.C., on the brief), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner National Cable & Telecommunications Association.

Peter Karanjia , Deputy General Counsel ( Joseph F. Wayland , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Catherine G. O'Sullivan , Nancy C. Garrison , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Sean A. Lev , General Counsel, Jacob M. Lewis , Associate General Counsel, James M. Carr , Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C., on the brief), Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C. for Respondents Federal Communications Commission and United States of America.

Stephen Díaz Gavin , Andrew M. Friedman , Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Bloomberg L.P.

Erin L. Dozier , Jane E. Mago , Jerianne Timmerman , The National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae The National Association of Broadcasters.

Harold Feld , Senior Vice President, Sherwin Siy , Vice President, Legal Affairs , Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Public Knowledge.

C. William Phillips , Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY; Stephen A. Weiswasser , Kurt A. Wimmer , Gerard J. Waldron , Neema D. Trivedi , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae The Tennis Channel, Inc. & NFL Enterprises LLC.

Before: RAGGI, CHIN and CARNEY, Circuit Judges.


REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judge:

Time Warner Cable Inc. ("Time Warner") and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association ("NCTA" and, collectively with Time Warner, the "Cable Companies") petition for review of an August 1, 2011 order of the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission").1 See Revision of the Commission's Program Carriage Rules, 26 FCC Red. 11494 (2011) ("2011 FCC Order"). The

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