United States DC Circuit

A rehearing is required to determine whether plaintiff has standing to challenge an FCC rule requiring digital television receivers to give effect to the "broadcast flag," a code that broadcasters can insert into digital television content, which limits the redistribution of that content.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/22/2005
• Decided 03/15/2005
• Published 03/15/2005

Judges

• HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge., Before:  EDWARDS, SENTELLE, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Pantelis Michalopoulos argued the cause for petitioners.   With him on the briefs were Cynthia L. Quarterman, Rhonda M. Bolton, Lincoln L. Davies, and Gigi B. Sohn., Christopher Wolf, Bruce E. Boyden, Mace J. Rosenstein, and Catherine E. Stetson were on the brief for intervenor Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jacob M. Lewis, Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for respondents.   With him on the brief were R. Hewitt Pate, Assistant Attorney General, Catherine G. O'Sullivan and James J. Fredricks, Attorneys, John A. Rogovin, General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Austin C. Schlick, Deputy General Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, and C. Grey Pash, Jr., Counsel.