FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, et al., Petitioners
v.
FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC., et al.
Federal Communications Commission, et al., Petitioners
v.
ABC, Inc., et al.
Supreme Court of United States.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 10, 2012.
Decided June 21, 2012.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.
Carter G. Phillips, Washington, DC, for Respondents Fox Television Stations, et al.
Seth P. Waxman, for Respondents ABC, Inc., et al.
Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.
Robert A. Long, Jr., Counsel of Record, Jonathan D. Blake, Jennifer A. Johnson, Enrique Armijo, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondents CBS Television Network Affiliates Association and NBC Television Affiliates.
Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Chrystiane B. Pereira, Media Access Project, Washington, DC, for Respondents Center for Creative Voices in Media and The Future of Music Coalition.
Wade H. Hargrove, Counsel of Record, Mark J. Prak, David Kushner, Julia C. Ambrose, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, Raleigh, NC, for Respondents ABC Television Affiliates Association, et al.
Ellen S. Agress, Maureen A. O'Connell, Fox Television Stations, Inc., New York, NY, Carter G. Phillips, Counsel of Record, Mark D. Schneider, James P. Young, David S. Petron, Ryan C. Morris, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondent Fox Television Stations, Inc.
Susan Weiner, NBC Universal, Inc., New York, NY, Jonathan H. Anschell, CBS Broadcasting Inc., Studio City, CA, Susanna M. Lowy, CBS Broadcasting Inc., New York, NY, Miguel A. Estrada, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondent NBC Universal Media, LLC.
Robert Corn-Revere, Ronald G. London, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondent CBS Broadcasting Inc.
John R. Feore, Jr., Kevin P. Latek, Dow Lohnes PLLC, Washington, DC, for Respondent FBC Television Affiliates Association.
John W. Zucker, ABC, Inc., New York, NY, Seth P. Waxman, Counsel of Record, Paul R.Q. Wolfson, Daniel S. Volchok, Sonya L. Lebsack, Wilmer Cutler Pickering, Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondents ABC, Inc., KTRK Television, Inc. and WLS Television, Inc.
Supreme Court of United States.
Justice KENNEDY delivered the opinion of the Court.
In FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.,556 U.S. 502, 529, 129 S.Ct. 1800, 173 L.Ed.2d 738 (2009) (Fox I), the Court held that the Federal Communication Commission's decision to modify its indecency enforcement regime to regulate so-called fleeting expletives was neither arbitrary nor capricious. The Court then declined to address the...
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