Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates December 2008 No. 10 Vol. 11
NBC Universal, Inc., NBC Telemundo License Co., CBS Broadcasting, Inc., and ABC, Inc.

Broadcast Indecency

The Networks Challenge the FCC

NBC Universal, Inc., NBC Telemundo License Co., CBS Broadcasting, Inc., and ABC, Inc.

Respondents

Miguel A. Estrada, Robert Corn-Revere, and Seth P. Waxman, Counsels of Record NBC Universal, Inc., NBCTelemundo License Co., CBS Broadcasting, Inc., and ABC, Inc. were cited in theinitial 2006 order as having aired programming that violated the Federalobscenity statute. Although the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) droppedthese networks from its complaint following a circuit court remand, theycontinued to challenge the legality of the FCC’s new obscenity policy. Miguel A. Estrada is a partner with the law firmGibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Robert Corn-Revere is a partner with the law firmDavis Wright Tremaine. Seth P. Waxman is a former U.S. Solicitor General and…

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