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UNITED STATES v. NATIONAL ASS'N OF BROADCASTERS

Civ. A. No. 79-1549.

536 F.Supp. 149 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Anderson, Thomas L. Greaney, Gordon G. Stoner, Karen Magid, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Antitrust Div., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

William Simon, Keith E. Pugh, Jr., Edward P. Henneberry, Lynn I. Levine, Howrey & Simon, Erwin G. Krasnow, Brenda L. Fox, Nat. Ass'n of Broadcasters, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

OPINION

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.

This action involves the application of the antitrust laws1 to certain advertising standards adopted by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) for television networks and local television stations. The provisions under challenge in this lawsuit, inter alia, impose limitations upon the number of minutes per hour a network or station may allocate to commercials; the number...

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