WJR, THE GOODWILL STATION v. FEDERAL COMM. COM'N

No. 9464.

174 F.2d 226 (1948)

WJR, THE GOODWILL STATION, Inc. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (COASTAL PLAINS BROADCASTING CO., Inc., Intervener).

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Kelley E. Griffith, with whom Messrs. Louis G. Caldwell, Reed T. Rollo and Percy H. Russell, Jr., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Max Goldman, Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, with whom Mr. Benedict P. Cottone, General Counsel, Mr. Harry M. Plotkin, Assistant General Counsel, and Mr. Paul Dobin, Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, who entered appearances, were on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. Frank U. Fletcher, who entered an appearance, for intervener.

Mr. Robert T. Barton, Jr., who was permitted to argue as amicus curiae, urged affirmance.

Before STEPHENS, EDGERTON, CLARK, WILBUR K. MILLER, and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.


STEPHENS, Associate Justice:

This is an appeal by WJR, The Goodwill Station, Inc. (hereafter referred to as WJR), from a decision of the Federal Communications Commission of August 22, 1946, granting without hearing the application of the Coastal Plains Broadcasting Company, Inc., the intervener herein (hereafter referred to as Coastal Plains), for a construction permit to erect a new standard broadcast station.1 WJR seeks relief also...

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