broadcasting license
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 309 U.S. 470 - Federal Communications Commission v. Sanders Bros. Radio Station · 1940Most cited · 1,210 citing opinions
The policy of the Act is clear that no person is to have anything in the nature of a property right as a result of the granting of a license. Licenses are limited to a maximum of three years' duration, may be revoked, and need not be renewed.
How often courts cite the case defining “broadcasting license”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “broadcasting license” — 1,210 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.