American Library Ass'n v. FCC

Citation: American Library Ass’n v. Federal Comm’ns Comm’n, 406 F.3d 689, 692 (D.C. Cir. 2005)(full-text).

Appellate Court Proceedings
The U.S. Supreme Court held that:


 * The Commission . . . may exercise ancillary jurisdiction only when two conditions are satisfied: (1) the Commission’s general jurisdictional grant under Title I [of the Communications Act] covers the regulated subject and (2) the regulations are reasonably ancillary to the Commission’s effective	performance of its statutorilymandated responsibilities.