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MANSFIELD JOURNAL CO. v. FEDERAL COMMUN. COM'N

Nos. 10049, 10050, No. 10051.

180 F.2d 28 (1950)

MANSFIELD JOURNAL CO. (FM) v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION. MANSFIELD JOURNAL CO. (AM) v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (Harry, Intervenor). LORAIN JOURNAL CO. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. George O. Sutton and William Thomson, Washington, D. C. for appellants. Mr. John H. Midlen, Washington, D. C. also entered an appearance for appellants.

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

Mr. William A. Porter, Washington, D. C. with whom Messrs. Herbert M. Bingham and Roger Robb Washington, D. C. were on the brief, for intervenor, Laurence W. Harry, t/a Fostoria Broadcasting Company, in No. 10050.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, WASHINGTON and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

The main question here presented concerns the authority of the Federal Communications Commission to review the past business practices of a newspaper company applying for a radio broadcasting license, where such practices are found to be monopolistic in character, and a license is for that reason denied.

The Mansfield Journal Company appeals from a decision of the Federal Communications Commission denying the Company's applications...

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