United States Second Circuit

The district court erred in failing to: 1) dismiss or stay a suit brought under 47 U.S.C. section 401(b) to enforce an FCC order requiring defendant to comply with the cross-ownership rule because it owns a daily newspaper and two television stations; and 2)to refer the matter to the FCC under the primary jurisdiction doctrine.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/29/2006
• Published 03/30/2006

Judges

• WESLEY, Circuit Judge., Before:  OAKES, SOTOMAYOR and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carter G. Phillips (R. Clark Wadlow, Richard D. Klingler, Jennifer Tatel, on the brief), Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, LLP, Washington, D.C. (Crane H. Kenney and Roger Goodspeed, Tribune Company, Chicago, Illinois;  James T. Shearin and Andrew J. McDonald, Pullman & Comley, LLC, Bridgeport, Connecticut), for Appellant., Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission (Samuel L. Feder, Acting General Counsel, Jacob M. Lewis, Associate General Counsel, and C. Grey Pash, Jr., Counsel), Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Federal Communications Commission.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew D. Herman (Stanley M. Brand and Helen-Mary Bridget McGovern, on the brief), Brand Law Group, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellee.