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 Please note that websites linked to may contain incomplete or outdated information.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 [1]
- The Rulemaking Process at the FCC [2]
- The FCC Record (University of North Texas) [3] 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 [4] 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 [5]
- Communications Act of 1934 [6] 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 [9] (CFR)
- Federal Regulations applicable to the FCC [10] (Title 47 of the CFR) These are the federal regulations governing the operations of the FCC.
- Federal Register [11]
- Constitution of the United States [12]
- United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [13]
- United States Supreme Court [14]
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit [15] [16]
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [17] [18]
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit [19]
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [20] [21]
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [22]
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit [23] [24]
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit [25] [26]
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit [27] [28]
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [29]
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit [30] [31]
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit [32] [33]
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [34] [35]
Useful Websites
- Federal Communications Law Journal [36] -- 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 [37] -- Reference material for federal legal research
- Cornell University Law School, Legal Information Institute [38] -- Original federal and state source material plus explanatory articles and information
- Table of Popular Names for Statutes [39]
- Freedom of Information Act [40]– resources from the Department of Justice.
- Washlaw [41] -- Wide-ranging list of subjects with legal resources applicable to each
- Administrative law [42]
- Communications law [43]