LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 27, 1990 

* FCC Affirmative Action case ruling
* Supreme Court of the United States 
* Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC 

The front page has a two column heading: "Affirmative Action by FCC Approved by High Court" (see images) 
Complete with all section except the "Calendar section" (missing), 50+ pages, great condition.

Background: On June 27, 1990, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its landmark 5–4 decision in Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC, a ruling of immense historical significance that represented the final opinion written by legendary liberal Justice William J. Brennan Jr. before his retirement. The Court upheld two Federal Communications Commission (FCC) race-conscious policies aimed at increasing minority ownership of broadcast licenses, establishing the rare and highly consequential legal precedent that "benign" federal racial classifications were subject only to the more relaxed standard of "intermediate scrutiny" rather than the stringent "strict scrutiny" applied to state-level programs. This marked a unique moment in constitutional history where the Court formally recognized "broadcast diversity"—rather than just the remediation of past discrimination—as an important governmental objective capable of justifying race-conscious federal policies. While this specific expansion of federal affirmative action powers was ultimately short-lived, as it was completely overturned five years later by Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña (1995), the ruling remains a critical touchstone in legal history, illustrating a peak in the ideological battle over equal protection and the shifting boundaries of federal authority.