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COMMUNITY TELEVISION OF SO. CAL. v. GOTTFRIED

No. 81-298.

459 U.S. 498 (1983)

103 S.Ct. 885

74 L.Ed.2d 705

COMMUNITY TELEVISION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA v. GOTTFRIED ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar F. Czarra, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner in No. 81-298. With him on the briefs were Mark D. Nozette and Richard A. Meserve. Samuel A. Alito, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner in No. 81-799. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Lee, Deputy Solicitor General Shapiro, Stephen A. Sharp, and C. Grey Pash, Jr.

Charles M. Firestone argued the cause for respondents Gottfried et al. in both cases. With him on the brief were Abraham Gottfried and Stanley Fleishman. J. Roger Wollenberg, Timothy B. Dyk, Ralph E. Goldberg, and Eleanor S. Applewhaite filed a brief for CBS Inc., respondent under this Court's Rule 19.6.†

[459 U.S. 500]
JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented is whether § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 19731 requires the Federal Communications Commission to review a public television station's license renewal application under a different standard than it applies to a commercial licensee's renewal application. Contrary to the holding of the Court of Appeals for the District...

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