In U.S. v. Southwestern Cable, the Supreme Court held that cable should be within the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission. The Court limited the extent of the FCC's jurisdiction by requiring regulations on CATV to be substantially related to broadcast services.

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U.S. v. Southwestern Cable did, in fact, grant FCC jurisdiction over cable. However, the court required not that the regulations be substantially related but that they be reasonably ancillary to broadcast services.

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