Opinion
Nos. 80-7546, 81-2011.
November 16, 1981.
Edward Still, Birmingham, Ala., Neil Bradley, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.
Leitman, Siegal Payne, P.A., Eddie Leitman, Andrew P. Campbell, Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.
Theodore D. Frank, Washington, D.C., for Public Broadcasting Service, amicus.
Lonny F. Zwiener, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., Pat Bailey, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellants.
Marjorie S. Reed, Daniel M. Armstrong, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Linda Oliver, FCC, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae FCC.
David H. Berg Associates, Philip Zelikow, David Berg, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama; J. Foy Guin, Jr., Judge.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 514 F. Supp. 670; Gabrielle K. McDonald, Judge.
Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, BROWN, AINSWORTH, CHARLES CLARK, RONEY, GEE, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, RUBIN, VANCE, KRAVITCH, FRANK M. JOHNSON, JR., GARZA, HENDERSON, REAVLEY, POLITZ, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, RANDALL, TATE, SAM D. JOHNSON, THOMAS A. CLARK, WILLIAMS and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.
Chief Judge Godbold recused himself and, therefore, did not participate in this decision.
A member of the Court in active service having requested a poll on the application for rehearing en banc and a majority of the judges in active service having voted in favor of granting a rehearing en banc,
IT IS ORDERED that these causes shall be reheard by the Court en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs,
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that these causes be consolidated for rehearing and disposition by the Court en banc.