Court says keep media case in Philly.(Media-Rule Challenge)(a federal court refuses to transfer a media-ownership case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit)
Multichannel News, September, 2003 by Hearn, Ted
WASHINGTON -- In a setback for NBC, CBS and Fox, a federal court last
week refused to transfer an important media-ownership case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the typical home of challenges to Federal Communications Commission policies.
In an effort supported by the FCC, the three networks (ABC did not participate) sought to have the case moved from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. They argued that the D.C. Circuit was the proper venue, because that court had issued two rulings on which the FCC partly based its new broadcast-ownership rules adopted in June.
In a ruling last Monday afternoon, a panel of the 3rd Circuit voted 2-1 to retain the case.
"This court is no less qualified...
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