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Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC 
Supreme Court of the United StatesArgued March 28, 1990
Decided June 27, 1990Full case name Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Co Subsequent history No. 89-453, 277 U.S. App. D.C. 134, 873 F.2d 347, affirmed and remanded; No. 89-700, 278 U.S. App. D.C. 24, 876 F.2d 902, reversed and remanded. Holding The FCC policies do not violate equal protection, since they bear the imprimatur of longstanding congressional support and direction and are substantially related to the achievement of the important governmental objective of broadcast diversity. Court membership Chief Justice
William RehnquistAssociate Justices
William J. Brennan, Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony KennedyCase opinions Majority Brennan, joined by White, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens Concurrence Stevens Dissent O'Connor, joined by Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy Dissent Kennedy, joined by Scalia Laws applied U.S. Const. amend. XIV Overruled byAdarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña, 515 U.S. 200 (1995) Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC, 497 U.S. 547 (1990), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that intermediate scrutiny should be applied to equal protection challenges to federal statutes using benign racial classifications.[1] The Court distinguished the previous year's decision City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Company, 488 U.S. 469 (1989), by noting that it applied only to actions by state and local governments.[2] Metro Broadcasting was overruled by Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña, 515 U.S. 200 (1995), which held that strict scrutiny should be applied to federal laws using benign racial classifications.[3]
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Affirmative action in the United States Supreme Court decisions Brown v. Board of Education (1954) • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) • United Steelworkers v. Weber (1979) • Fullilove v. Klutznick (1980) • Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education (1986) • City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. (1989) • Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña (1995) • Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) • Gratz v. Bollinger (2003) • Parents v. Seattle (2007) • Ricci v. DeStefano (2009)Federal legislation and edicts Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868) • Executive Order 10925 (1961) • Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Executive Order 11246 (1965)State initiatives Proposition 209 (CA, 1996) • Initiative 200 (WA, 1998) • Proposal 2 (MI, 2006) • Initiative 424 (NE, 2008)People Categories:- United States equal protection case law
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