47 C.F.R. § 1.1
Proceedings before the Commission
The Commission may on its own motion or petition of any interested party hold such proceedings as it may deem necessary from time to time in connection with the investigation of any matter which it has power to investigate under the law, or for the purpose of obtaining information necessary or helpful in the determination of its policies, the carrying out of its duties or the formulation or amendment of its rules and regulations. For such purposes it may subpena witnesses and require the production of evidence. Procedures to be followed by the Commission shall, unless specifically prescribed in this part, be such as in the opinion of the Commission will best serve the purposes of such proceedings.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 1965–2019 · leading case: Nat'l Lifeline Ass'n v. FCC, 921 F.3d 1102 (D.C. Cir. 2019).
Nat'l Lifeline Ass'n v. FCC, 921 F.3d 1102 (D.C. Cir. 2019). “This interpretation is consistent with the Commission's own definition of "proceeding" as a process for "obtaining information," 47 C.F.R. § 1.1 , as well as the Commission's past practice of referring to a new notice-and-comment-rulemaking proceeding when it promised a "future…”
Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n v. Schreiber, 381 U.S. 279 (1965). “16 The Commission’s own conception of its authority is-similarly broad.”
Nick Belluso v. Turner Commc'ns Corp., 633 F.2d 393 (5th Cir. 1980). “2d 834 (1964). These complaints are given priority consideration by the Commission.”
Nat'l Lifeline Ass'n v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n, 915 F.3d 19 (D.C. Cir. 2019). “This interpretation is consistent with the Commission's own definition of "proceeding" as a process for "obtaining information," 47 C.F.R. § 1.1 , as well as the Commission's past practice of referring to a new notice-and-comment-rulemaking proceeding when it promised a "future…”
MCI Telecomm. Corp. v. Value Call Int'l, Inc., 988 F. Supp. 1376 (D. Kan. 1997). “47 C.F.R. § 1.1 (1996) ("The FCC may on its own motion or petition of any interested party hold such proceedings as it may deem necessary .”
Nat'l Lifeline Ass'n v. FCC (AMENDED OPINION) (D.C. Cir. 2019). “This interpretation is consistent with the Commission’s own definition of “proceeding” as a process for “obtaining information,” 47 C.F.R. § 1.1 , as well as the Commission’s past practice of referring to a new notice-and- comment-rulemaking proceeding when it promised a “future…”
Hillblom v. N. Marianas Cable Television Corp., 2 N. Mar. I. Commw. 73 (N. Mar. I. 1985). “of orders or regulations may be sanctioned by the Commission in a license revocation hearing or by a cease and desist order.”
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