Posted Sat, January 21st, 2012 6:00 am
Petitions of the day
Today’s petitions of the day are:
Media General Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
Docket: 11-691
Issue(s): Whether this Court should reconsider its decision
in FCC v. National Citizen Committee for Broadcasting
, that broadcast
ownership restrictions are subject only to rational basis
review.
Certiorari stage documents:
Tribune Company v. Federal Communcations Commission
Docket: 11-696
Issue(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: 11-698
Issue(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:
Recommended Citation: Kali Borkoski, Petitions of the day, SCOTUSblog (Jan. 21, 2012, 6:00 AM), http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/01/petitions-of-the-day-2/
