RADIO COMM'N v. NELSON BROS. CO.

No. 657.

289 U.S. 266 (1933)

FEDERAL RADIO COMMISSION v. NELSON BROTHERS BOND & MORTGAGE CO. (STATION WIBO).

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 8, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Thacher, with whom Messrs. William G. Davis and Hammond E. Chaffetz were on the brief, for the Federal Radio Commission, petitioner.

Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt for Johnson-Kennedy Radio Corp., petitioner.

Mr. James M. Beck, with whom Messrs. George R. Beneman, Fred W. Weitzel, John Strother Boyd, and Edward Clifford were on the brief, for respondents.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Johnson-Kennedy Radio Corporation, owning Station WJKS at Gary, Indiana, applied to the Federal Radio Commission for modification of license so as to permit operation, with unlimited time, on the frequency of 560 kc. then assigned for the use of Station WIBO, owned by Nelson Brothers Bond & Mortgage Company, and Station WPCC, owned by the North Shore Church, both of Chicago, Illinois. These owners...

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