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F.C.C. v. FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.

No. 07-582.

129 S.Ct. 1800 (2009)

556 U.S. 502

173 L.Ed.2d 738

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, et al., Petitioners, v. FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 28, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory G. Garre , Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Carter Phillips , for Respondents.

Richard Cotton , Susan Weiner , New York, NY, Miguel A. Estrada , Andrew S. Tulumello , Matthew D. McGill , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for Respondents NBC Universal, Inc. and NBC Telemundo License Company.

Jonathan H. Anschell , Los Angeles, CA, Susanna M. Lowy , New York, NY, Robert Corn-Revere , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, D.C., for Respondent CBS Broadcasting Inc.

John W. Zucker , New York, NY, Seth P. Waxman , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., for Respondent ABC, Inc.

Ellen S. Agress , New York, NY, Maureen A. O'Connell , Washington, DC, Carter G. Phillips , R. Clark Wadlow , James P. Young , Jennifer Tatel , David S. Petron , Quin M. Sorenson , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C., for Respondent Fox Television Stations, Inc.

Andrew Jay Schwartzman , Parul Desai , Jonathan Rintels , Washington, DC, for Center for Creative Voices in Media, Inc.

Matthew B. Berry , General Counsel, Joseph R. Palmore , Deputy General Counsel, Jacob M. Lewis , Associate General Counsel, Nandan M. Joshi , Washington, D.C., Paul D. Clement , Solicitor General, Gregory G. Katsas , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Gregory G. Garre , Deputy Solicitor General, Eric D. Miller , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Thomas M. Bondy , Anne Murphy , Washington D.C., for Petitioner.

Federal law prohibits the broadcasting of "any ... indecent ... language," 18 U.S.C. § 1464, which includes expletives referring to sexual or excretory activity or organs, see FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, 438 U.S. 726, 98 S.Ct....

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