Federal Communications Commission v. Prometheus Radio Project
U.S. Supreme Court · decided April 1, 2021 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- April 1, 2021
- Term
- October Term 2020
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Kavanaugh
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2020 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U.S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ET AL. v. PROMETHEUS RADIO PROJECT ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT No. 19–1231. Argued January 19, 2021—Decided April 1, 2021* Under its broad authority to regulate broadcast media in the public in- terest, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has long main- tained several ownership rules that limit the number of radio stations, television stations, and newspapers that a single entity may own in a given market. Section 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 directs the FCC to review its media ownership rules every four years and to repeal or modify any rules that no longer serve the public inter- est. In 2017, the FCC concluded that three of its ownership rules were no longer necessary to promote competition, localism, or viewpoint di- versity. The Commission further concluded that the record evidence did not suggest that repealing or…
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