Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1978-10-02

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Me. Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court (Parts I, II, III, and IV-C) and an opinion in which The Chief Justice and Me. Justice Rehnquist joined (Parts IV-A and IY-B). This case requires that we decide whether the Federal Communications Commission has any power to regulate a radio broadcast that is indecent but not obscene. A satiric humorist named George Carlin recorded a 12-m…

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