context: Where elaborate administrative enforcement is provided by the statute it is deemed unlikely that "Congress absentmindedly forgot to mention an intended private action." The enforcement of the statute thus is vested in the FCC.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 309 F.2d 83, 86
citation_a.parenthetical: no private cause of action under SS 315(a) of the Act providing for equal time for political candidates
citation_a.sentence: See Schnapper v. Foley, 667 F.2d 102, 116 (D.C.Cir.1981), cert. denied,-U.S.-, 102 S.Ct. 1448, 71 L.Ed.2d 661 (1982) (no private right of action under Public Broadcasting and Communications Acts because the courts “may not determine the disposition of controversies that Congress has committed to the discretion of the F.C.C.”); see also, Belluso v. Turner Communications Corp., 633 F.2d 393, 397 (5th Cir. 1980) (no private right of action may be implied under the fairness doctrine, 47 U.S.C. § 315(a)); Daly v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 309 F.2d 83, 86 (7th Cir. 1962) (no private cause of action under § 315(a) of the Act providing for equal time for political candidates); Ahmad v. Levi, 414 F.Supp. 597, 603 (E.D.Pa.1976) (no private right of action under § 315(a) providing for equal time for conflicting opinions because the F.C.C. is the exclusive primary forum in which alleged violations of the Act may be vindicated); Post v. Payton, 323 F.Supp. 799, 802 (E.D.N.Y.1971) (no private right of action under § 312 of the Act because the Act did not confer any private rights); Ackerman v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 301 F.Supp. 628, 631 (S.D.N.Y.1969) (no private right of action under § 315(a) because no new rights created and no authorization for suit in federal courts); Gordon v. National Broadcasting Co., 287 F.Supp. 452, 455-56 (S.D.N.Y.1968) (F.C.C. is exclusive forum for remedy).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: no private right of action under Public Broadcasting and Communications Acts because the courts "may not determine the disposition of controversies that Congress has committed to the discretion of the F.C.C."
citation_b.sentence: See Schnapper v. Foley, 667 F.2d 102, 116 (D.C.Cir.1981), cert. denied,-U.S.-, 102 S.Ct. 1448, 71 L.Ed.2d 661 (1982) (no private right of action under Public Broadcasting and Communications Acts because the courts “may not determine the disposition of controversies that Congress has committed to the discretion of the F.C.C.”); see also, Belluso v. Turner Communications Corp., 633 F.2d 393, 397 (5th Cir. 1980) (no private right of action may be implied under the fairness doctrine, 47 U.S.C. § 315(a)); Daly v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 309 F.2d 83, 86 (7th Cir. 1962) (no private cause of action under § 315(a) of the Act providing for equal time for political candidates); Ahmad v. Levi, 414 F.Supp. 597, 603 (E.D.Pa.1976) (no private right of action under § 315(a) providing for equal time for conflicting opinions because the F.C.C. is the exclusive primary forum in which alleged violations of the Act may be vindicated); Post v. Payton, 323 F.Supp. 799, 802 (E.D.N.Y.1971) (no private right of action under § 312 of the Act because the Act did not confer any private rights); Ackerman v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 301 F.Supp. 628, 631 (S.D.N.Y.1969) (no private right of action under § 315(a) because no new rights created and no authorization for suit in federal courts); Gordon v. National Broadcasting Co., 287 F.Supp. 452, 455-56 (S.D.N.Y.1968) (F.C.C. is exclusive forum for remedy).