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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA v. F. C. C.

No. CV-79-1562-MML.

547 F.Supp. 379 (1982)

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Defendant.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

August 5, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Center for Law in the Public Interest by Frederic D. Woocher, Lucas Guttentag, John R. Phillips, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs.

U. S. Atty. by Stephen S. Trott, Stephen D. Petersen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice by Paul Blankenstein, Judith F. Ledbetter, Washington D. C., for defendant.

ORDER GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFFS

LUCAS, District Judge.

This action presents a constitutional challenge to that portion of 47 U.S.C.A. § 399 (West Supp. 1982) ("§ 399") which prohibits certain noncommercial educational television and radio stations1 from editorializing in their broadcasts. Before turning to the issues raised by this challenge it will be useful to set out the rather complex history...

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