Community-Service Broadcasting of Mid-America, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission’s Empirical Analysis
593 F.2d 1102 · 1978
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 4 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2015 · most notably Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California (1984), Schnapper v. Foley (1981)
47 federal appellate · 4 district · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 47 U.S.C. § 326 · 47 U.S.C. § 391 · 47 U.S.C. § 392 · 47 U.S.C. § 396 · 47 U.S.C. § 397 · 47 U.S.C. § 398 · 47 U.S.C. § 399
Relies on Younger v. Harris · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Buckley v. Valeo · Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · Elrod v. Burns
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a variety of sub silentio pressures and “raised eyebrow” regulation of program content .... The practice of forwarding viewer or listener complaints to the broadcaster with a request for a formal response to the FCC, the prominent speech or statement by a Commissioner or Executive official, the issuance of notices of inquiry ... all serve as means for communicating official pressures to the licensee.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“... where non content-based distinctions are drawn in a statute affecting First Amendment rights, the Supreme Court has held that the government interest served must be “substantial” and the statutory classification “narrowly tailored” to serve that interest if the statute is to withstand equal protection scrutiny.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“There is general agreement that for the time being, Federal financial assistance is required to provide the resources necessary for quality programs. It is also recognized that this assistance should in no way involve the Government in programming or program judgments. An independent entity supported by Federal funds is required to provide programs free of political pressures. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a nonprofit private corporation, . . . provides such an entity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.