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Ruggiero v. FCC, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, January 31, 2003 [upholding as constitutional a federal law and attendant FCC regulations barring former or current pirate broadcasters from obtaining a license for a new low-power radio station]. Read the opinion here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.