The following links are provided for your information. Please note that websites linked to may contain incomplete or outdated information. Always check original sources.
FCC Information
- FCC & FRC (Federal Radio Commission) Reported Cases, 1928-2010
- The Rulemaking Process at the FCC
- The FCC Record (University of North Texas) The FCC Record is a comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the Federal Communications Commission from 1986 to the present.
- Judicial lottery process This Public Notice explains the requirements a person filing a petition for review of a Commission order must satisfy to invoke the judicial lottery procedure - a system of random selection to determine which court will review a Commission order when petitions for review are filed in multiple federal circuit courts of appeals.
Statutes and Regulations
- United States Code
- Communications Act of 1934 as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and other recent statutes. This is the law most directly applicable to the work of the FCC.
- Telecommunications Act of 1996
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
- Federal Regulations applicable to the FCC (Title 47 of the CFR) These are the federal regulations governing the operations of the FCC.
- Federal Register
- Constitution of the United States
Sites for Opinions and Other Information from Federal Courts:
- United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Useful Websites
- Federal Communications Law Journal -- Searchable version of law journal dealing with telecommunications issues published three times per year by the Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington and the Federal Communications Bar Association
- Fedlaw -- Reference material for federal legal research
- Cornell University Law School, Legal Information Institute -- Original federal and state source material plus explanatory articles and information
- Table of Popular Names for Statutes
- Freedom of Information Act – resources from the Department of Justice.
- Washlaw -- Wide-ranging list of subjects with legal resources applicable to each
- Administrative law
- Communications law
