Public interest groups pressing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to unwind the Nexstar-TEGNA merger are accusing the FCC of deliberately running out the clock on judicial review, and are asking the court to either force the full commission to act immediately or hold their case in suspension while a California district court’s preliminary injunction remains in effect.
The reply brief, filed Monday by Democracy Forward Foundation on behalf of Free Press and allied appellants, centers on a statutory obligation to act on pending applications for review of Media Bureau orders that the appellants say the FCC has not met.
