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Tribune Company v. Federal Communications Commission

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on June 29, 2012.

Docket No.11-696
Op. Below3d Cir.

Issue

(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.

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