UNITED DETROIT THEATRES CORP. v. FEDERAL COMMUN. COM'N

No. 10006.

178 F.2d 700 (1949)

UNITED DETROIT THEATRES CORPORATION v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (WXYZ, Inc., Intervenor).

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. D. M. Patrick, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. O. R. McGuire, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant. Mr. Karl A. Smith, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Miss Mary Jane Morris, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Benedict P. Cottone, General Counsel, Mr. Max Goldman, Assistant General Counsel, and Mr. Richard A. Solomon, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. James A. McKenna, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Andrew G. Haley, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for intervenor. Mr. Vernon L. Wilkinson, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for intervenor.

Before CLARK, WILBUR K. MILLER and PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the Federal Communications Commission, which granted an application of intervenor WXYZ, Inc., for an extension of time within which to complete construction of a television broadcast station in Detroit, Michigan, under a previously granted permit.

Under the nationwide allocation plan for television broadcasting adopted by the Commission in 1945,

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