Just the beginning

Ukrainian National Information Service

WASHINGTON - After presenting his 10-minute oral argument on January 23 on behalf of the appellants in the case of Alexander J. Serafyn v. the Federal Communications Commission, Arthur Belendiuk, a communications law attorney based in Washington, observed, "The job is just beginning."

When asked about the next step, Mr. Belendiuk explained, "If the court rules in our favor, we have to go back to the FCC, get depositions and argue our case. This will be a massive undertaking."

He was seconded by Bohdanna Pochoday, president of the Ukrainian American Bar Association, who said, "it is only after these appellants' oral arguments, that the FCC and CBS are finally taking the Ukrainian community's allegations of news distortion seriously."

Mr. Belendiuk added, "Literally hundreds of hours of research and writing, and thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses went into just the preparation of this brief today." He cited the work of Andrea Kochan, a law school graduate of George Washington University, who did extensive research for the case during the summer of 1997.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, February 15, 1998, No. 7, Vol. LXVI

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