Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.
Holding
Because the FCC failed to give Fox and ABC fair notice prior to the broadcasts in question that fleeting expletives and momentary nudity could be found actionably indecent, the FCC"s standards as applied to these broadcasts were vague.
Judgment
Vacated and remanded, 8-0, in an opinion by Anthony McLeod Kennedy on Jun 21, 2012. Justice Ginsburg filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. (Sotomayor, J., recused.)
Merits Briefs for the Petitioners
- Brief for the Federal Communications Commission et al.
- Reply brief for” Federal Communications Commission, et al.
Amicus Briefs in Support of the Petitioners
- Brief for National Religious Broadcasters
- Brief for Parents Television Council
- Brief for Morality in Media, Inc.
- Brief for Focus on the Family and Family Research Council
Amicus Briefs in Support of Neither Party
- Brief for Yale Law School Information Society Project Scholars et al.”
- Brief for American Academy of Pediatrics et al. in support of affirmance
Merit Briefs for the Respondents
- Brief for Fox Television Station, Inc., NBCUniversal Media, LLC, CBS Broadcasting, Inc., and FBC Television Affiliates Association
- Brief for” Center for Creative Voices and Future of Music Coalition
- Brief for CBS Television Network Affiliates Association and NBC Television Affiliates
- Brief for ABC Television Affiliates Association
- Brief for ABC, Inc., KTRK Television, Inc., and WLS Television
Amicus Briefs in Support of the Respondents
- Brief for the Cato Institute et al.”
- Brief for the National Association of Broadcasters and Radio-Television Digital News Association
- Brief for Former FCC Officials
- Brief for the Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of the Press adn the E.W. Scripps Company”
- Brief for the ACLU et al.
- Brief for the Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment and the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project”
- Brief for the Public Broadcasting Service
- Brief for the Student Press Law Center and College Broadcasters, Inc.
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Recommended Citation: Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/federal-communications-commission-v-fox-television-stations-inc/