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CBS fights FCC fine for 2004 Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction
CBS returned to a Philadelphia appeals court on Tuesday to fight $550,000 in penalties for a 2004 Super Bowl broadcast…
February 24, 2010
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CBS 'wardrobe malfunction' case remanded
A federal appeals court must reconsider its ruling vacating a $550,000 FCC fine against CBS over Janet Jackson's televised 2004 "wardrobe malfunction," the…
May 4, 2009
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Supreme Court upholds fleeting expletive ban
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a government policy of sanctioning television networks for one-time utterances of fleeting expletives on…
April 28, 2009
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Supreme Court hears arguments in indecency case
With all the chuckles, celebrity comments and linguistic explorations into the meaning of the word “fuck,” the oral arguments Tuesday in…
November 4, 2008
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Supreme Court asked to review FCC profanity decision
U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement Thursday filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to reverse a decision by a three-judge…
November 1, 2007
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