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AMUSEMENT & MUSIC OPERATORS v. COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL

No. 79-1543.

636 F.2d 531 (1980)

AMUSEMENT AND MUSIC OPERATORS ASSOCIATION, a corporation, et al., Appellants, v. The COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 7, 1980.

Rehearing Denied September 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas E. Allen, Washington, D. C., with whom Philip F. Herrick, James Michael Bailey, and Suzanne V. Richards, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellants.

Michael J. Ryan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Carl S. Rauh, U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellees.

Before McGOWAN and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges, and OBERDORFER, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge McGOWAN.

McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:

Congress in 1976 established a new agency, the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, and conferred upon it certain powers with respect to the setting of royalty rates and adjudication of royalty claims. The Tribunal also has the power to promulgate regulations governing access to "phonorecord players"-jukeboxes-so that persons having claims to royalties may determine the amount owed them by...

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