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janet jackson wardrobe malfunction

Posted on May 4, 2009

High court throws out ruling on Janet Jackson WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a federal appeals court to re-examine its ruling in favor of CBS Corp. in a legal fight over entertainer Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction. The high court on Monday directed the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia to consider reinstating the $550,000 fine that the Federal Communications Commission imposed on CBS over Jackson’s breast-baring performance at the 2004 Super Bowl.

In the short term, the decision probably will lead the justices to reverse a similar appeals court ruling in the FCC’s effort to fine CBS Corp. over Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction at the 2004 Super Bowl. That case has been pending at the high court since November.

The federal appeals court in Philadelphia threw out a $550,000 indecency fine against CBS over Jackson’s breast-baring episode during the halftime show. The court said the incident lasted nine-sixteenths of a second and should have been regarded as “fleeting.”

The Supreme Court wants a lower court ruling to re-examine its decision throwing out a $550,000 fine against CBS over Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” incident, the Associated Press reports.

The lower court had ruled in CBS’ favor, saying the FCC had strayed from its long-held approach of applying identical standards to words and images when reviewing complaints of indecency. The FCC had fined the network over Jacksons’ breast-baring performance at the 2004 Super Bowl.

The order to revisit the case follows the Supreme Court’s ruling last week that narrowly upheld FCC’s policy of threatening fines against even one-time uses of curse words on live television, the AP writes.

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