FCC Releases Procedures in Connect with Court Remand

FCC RELEASES PROCEDURES IN CONNECTION WITH COURT REMAND
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
The Federal Communications Commission announced a two-week filing period for parties wishing to submit comments concerning the four indecency decisions noted above that were remanded to the Commission by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Several parties complained to the Commission that they were not provided with an opportunity to be heard by the Commission before the decisions of the Order were adopted. Accordingly, on July 5, 2006, the Commission asked the Court to suspend its briefing schedule for 60 days and remand the case to the Commission to give any interested parties an opportunity to comment on the broadcasts and ensure that all licensees are afforded a full opportunity to be heard before the Commission issues a final decision. On September 7, 2006, the Court granted the Commission's motion. Under the Court's Order, the case has been remanded to the Commission for a period of sixty days "for the entry of a further final or appealable order of the FCC following such further consideration as the FCC may deem appropriate in the circumstances."
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1739A1.doc