PROMETHEUS RADIO PROJECT LLC v. 17 111 (2021)

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

PROMETHEUS RADIO PROJECT,  *National Association of Broadcasters,  **Cox Media Group LLC, Intervenors v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Prometheus Radio Project and Media Mobilizing Project, Petitioners in No. 17-1107 Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Counsel and National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, Inc., Petitioners in 17-1109 The Scranton Times, L.P., Petitioners in 17-1110 Bonneville International Corporation, Petitioners in 17-111

Prometheus Radio Project, Media Mobilizing Project, Benton Foundation, Common Cause, Media Alliance, Media Council Hawaii, National Association of Broadcasters Employees and Technicians Communications Workers of America, National Organization for Woman Foundation, Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ Inc., Intervenors Prometheus Radio Project; Media Mobilizing Project, Petitioners (No. 18-1092, 18-2943) Independent Television Group, Petitioners (No. 18-1669) Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council, Inc.; National Association of Black-owned Broadcasters, Petitioners (No. 18-1670, 18-3335) Free Press; Office of Communication, Inc. of the United Church of Christ; National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians-communications Workers of America; Common Cause, Petitioners (No. 18-1671) v. Federal Communications Commission; United States of America

Nos. 17-1107, 17-1109, 17-1110, 17-1111, 18-1092, 18-1669, 18-1670, 18-1671, 18-2943 & 18-3335

Decided: May 07, 2021

Before: AMBRO, SCIRICA and FUENTES, Circuit Judges

Cheryl A. Leanza, Esq., Best Best & Krieger, Washington, DC, Andrew J. Schwartzman, Esq., Washington, DC, for Petitioners (Case no. 17-1107) James M. Carr, Esq., Matthew J. Dunne, Esq., Thomas M. Johnson, Jr., Esq., Jacob M. Lewis, Esq., William Scher, Esq., Howard J. Symons, Esq., Richard K. Welch, Esq., Federal Communications Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, Loretta Lynch, Esq., United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent Federal Communications Commission Nickolai G. Levin, Esq., United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, DC, Loretta Lynch, Esq., United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Robert B. Nicholson, Esq., Robert J. Wiggers, Esq., United States Department of Justice, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Respondent United States of America Andrew J. Schwartzman, Esq., Washington, DC, for Intervenor Respondents National Hispanic Media Coalition, Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, Media Alliance, Media Council Hawaii, National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians Communications Workers of America, National Organization for Women Foundation, Office of Communication Inc of the United Church of Christ Jacob T. Spencer, Esq., Helgi C. Walker, Esq., Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, DC, for Intervenor petitioner National Association of Broadcasters Yosef Getachew, Esq., Common Cause, Washington, DC, Andrew J. Schwartzman, Esq., Washington, DC, For Intervenor Respondent Common Cause David E. Mills, Esq., Cooley, Washington, DC, for Intervenor petitioner Cox Media Group LLC David D'Alessandro, Esq., Dennis Lane, Esq., Stinson Leonard Street, Washington, DC, for Petitioners (Case no. 17-1109) Andrew J. Schwartzman, Esq., Washington, DC, for Intervenor Respondents Prometheus Radio Project, Media Mobilizing Project, Benton Institute for Broadband & Society Craig E. Gilmore, Esq., Kenneth E. Satten, Esq., Wilkinson Barker Knauer, Washington, DC, for Petitioner (Case no. 17-1110) David D'Alessandro, Esq., Dennis Lane, Esq., Stinson Leonard Street, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Intervenor petitioners Multicultural Media Telecom and Internet Council, National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (Case no. 18-1092) Cheryl A. Leanza, Esq., Best Best & Krieger, Washington, DC, Andrew J. Schwartzman, Esq., Washington, DC, for Petitioners Prometheus Radio Project, Movement Alliance Project Jeff Sessions, Esq., United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent Federal Communications Commission Thomas M. Johnson, Jr., Esq., Federal Communications Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, Jeff Sessions, Esq., United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent United States of America Kevin F. King, Esq., Rafael Reyneri, Esq., Mace J. Rosenstein, Esq., Andrew Soukup, Esq., Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Intervenor Respondent Fox Corp Craig E. Gilmore, Esq., Kenneth E. Satten, Esq., Wilkinson Barker Knauer, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Intervenor Respondent Bonneville International Corp David D. Oxenford, Esq., Wilkinson Barker Knauer, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Intervenor Respondent Connoisseur Media LLC Sally A. Buckman, Esq., Paul A. Cicelski, Esq., S. Jenell Trigg, Esq., Lerman Senter, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Intervenor Respondent News Corp Kevin F. King, Esq., Robert A. Long, Jr., Esq., Rafael Reyneri, Esq., Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Intervenor Respondent News Media Alliance Eve Reed, Esq., Wiley Rein, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Intervenor Respondent Nexstar Broadcasting Inc Jeetander T. Dulani, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Intervenor Respondent Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc Jack N. Goodman, Esq., Washington, DC, for Petitioner Matthew J. Dunne, Esq., Jacob M. Lewis, Esq., William Scher, Esq., Richard K. Welch, Esq., Federal Communications Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Respondent United States of America Jessica J. Gonzalez, Esq., Matthew F. Wood, Esq., Free Press, Washington, DC, for Petitioner (Case no. 18-1671) Christopher Laughlin, Esq., Georgetown University Law Center, Institute for Public Representation, Washington, DC, for Petitioner (Case no. 18-2943) Andrew Soukup, Esq., Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Intervenor Respondent Fox Corp