Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Red_Lion_Broadcasting_Co._v._FCC
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate 1969-04-01
1969-03-31
gptkbp:citation 395 U.S. 367
gptkbp:date 1969-06-09
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Red_Lion_Broadcasting_Company,_Inc._v._Federal_Communications_Commission_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy The FCC's Fairness Doctrine regulations regarding personal attacks and political editorializing are constitutional.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Byron_White
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:Red_Lion_Broadcasting_Company,_Inc.
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:FCC_v._Pacifica_Foundation
gptkbp:principle Government may regulate broadcast speech more than other media due to spectrum scarcity.
gptkbp:relatedTo freedom of speech
media law
broadcast regulation
gptkbp:response gptkb:Federal_Communications_Commission
gptkbp:subject gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Fairness_Doctrine
gptkbp:unanimousDecision true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_Amendment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5