Home › Cases › 1980-1989 › 1987 › City Of New York v. Fcc ›

City Of New York v. Fcc

Media Items
Oral Argument
Get Adobe Flash Player
Expanded View
Download MP3
Advocates
Stephen J. Mcgrath (on behalf of the Petitioners)
H. Bartow Farr, III (on behalf of Respondent, National Cable Television)
Lawrence G. Wallace (on behalf of the Respondent FCC)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
87-339
Petitioner: 
City Of New York
Respondent: 
Fcc
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
486 U.S. 57 (1988)
Argued: 
Tuesday, March 29, 1988
Decided: 
Monday, May 16, 1988
Issues: 
Federalism, Federal Preemption of State Regulation

Cite this page
The Oyez Project, City Of New York v. Fcc , 486 U.S. 57 (1988)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1987/1987_87_339)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

None

Question: 

None

Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Fcc, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 47 U.S.C. 521

Sort by Ideology

Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Kennedy

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White