Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC, 497 U.S. 547 (1990), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that intermediate scrutiny should be applied to equal protection challenges to federal statutes using benign racial classifications for a non-remedial purpose.

Croson Co.,[2] by noting that it applied only to actions by state and local governments.

[3] Metro Broadcasting was overruled by Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña, which held that strict scrutiny should be applied to federal laws that use benign racial classifications.

[4] This opinion was the last authored by William J. Brennan Jr., the longtime leader of the Court's liberal wing.

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