Petitions of the day
Today’s petitions of the day are:
Media General Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
Docket: 11-691Issue(s): Whether this Court should reconsider its decisionin FCC v. National Citizen Committee for Broadcasting, that broadcastownership restrictions are subject only to rational basisreview.
Certiorari stage documents:
Tribune Company v. Federal Communcations Commission
Docket: 11-696Issue(s): (1) Whether the scarcity doctrine of Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC , should be overruled, thereby invalidating the Federal Communications Commission’s media ownership rules; and (2) whether the FCC’s continued restriction on the cross-ownership of newspapers and broadcast stations in the same market violates the First and Fifth Amendments because it singles out newspapers among all forms of mass communication for unequal treatment.
Certiorari stage documents:
National Association of Broadcasters v. Federal Communications Commission
Docket: 11-698Issue(s): Whether the Third Circuit correctly upheld and retained future jurisdiction over media broadcast ownership rules promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission, where the D.C. Circuit previously held that the very local television ownership rule approved by the Third Circuit was arbitrary and capricious and not necessary in the public interest.
Certiorari stage documents:
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