Committee For An Independent P-I v. The Hearst Corp.

704 F.2d 467 1983-1 Trade Cases 65,334 , 9 Media L. Rep. 1489 COMMITTEE FOR AN INDEPENDENT P-I, People Opposed to a One-Newspaper Town, Committee for a Free Press, Longview Publishing Co., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. The HEARST CORP. and The Seattle Times Co., Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, and William French Smith, Attorney General for the United States, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. Nos. 82-3488, 82-3493 and 82-3523. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 17, 1982. Decided April 21, 1983. William L. Dwyer, Culp, Dwyer, Guterson & Grader, Seattle, Wash., for Committee For An Independent P-I. Jonathan E. Thackeray, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, Ohio, for Hearst Corp. Douglas Letter, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Smith & U.S. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before ANDERSON, HUG, and POOLE, Circuit Judges. J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 This action presents issues of first impression concerning the scope and operation of the Newspaper Preservation Act. This Act permits competing newspapers that meet certain qualifications to enter…