Supreme Court Declines to Hear Wardrobe Malfunction Case

CBS won't have to pay $550,000 FCC fine

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At long last, we no longer have to think about Janet Jackson's breast. The Supreme Court, fresh off its broadcast indecency decisions regarding fleeting expletives on Fox and brief nudity on ABC, said Friday it would not be taking up the infamous wardrobe malfunction case in its next term.

The court denied certiori to the Federal Communications Commission, which petitioned the court to take the case in April after the Third Circiut Court of Appeals tossed the FCC's broadcast indecency decision against CBS for the second time.

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