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CHURCHILL TABERNACLE v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COM'N

No. 9249.

160 F.2d 244 (1947)

CHURCHILL TABERNACLE v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided January 27, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James Lawrence Fly, of New York City, with whom Mr. Joseph H. Morey, of Buffalo, was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Benedict P. Cottone, Gen. Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Harry M. Plotkin, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, and Dee W. Pincock, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice., and WILBUR K. MILLER and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.

GRONER, Chief Justice.

Appellant is an undenominational religious organization — a free church — primarily engaged in evangelical work in Western New York. It has a church membership of 1600 and a "supporting constituency" of over 11000. Its founder, Clinton H. Churchill, a Methodist minister, has devoted a large portion of his life to the work, and his effort in the spread of religious thinking was recognized and commended by the Supreme Court of New...

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