RADIO CORP. OF AMERICA v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 50-C-1459.

95 F.Supp. 660 (1950)

RADIO CORP. OF AMERICA et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

December 20, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirland, Fleming, Green, Martin & Ellis, Weymouth Kirkland, Chicago, Ill. (Cahill, Gordon, Zachry & Reindel, John T. Cahill, New York City, Howard Ellis, Chicago, Ill., Joseph V. Heffernan, John W. Nields, New York City, of counsel), for Radio Corp. of America.

John F. Baecher, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Wm. Amory Underhill, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., James E. Kilday, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Otto Kerner, Jr., U. S. Atty. for Northern Dist. of Illinois, Chicago, Ill., for the United States.

Benedict P. Cottone, Gen. Counsel, Max Goldman — Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C., Richard A. Solomon, Washington, D.C., Erich Saxl, Washington, D. C., Stanley S. Neustadt, New York City, Robert D. Greenburg, Washington, D. C., Daniel R. Ohlbaum, New York City, for Federal Communications Commission.

Arvey, Hodes & Mantynband, Chicago, Ill. (Rosenman, Goldmark, Colin & Kaye, Samuel I. Rosenman, Ralph F. Colin, Richard S. Salant, Robert E. Herman, New York City, of counsel), for Columbia Broadcasting System.

Schapiro & Schiff, Chicago, Ill. (Munchin & Smith, Harry K. Smith, New York City, of counsel), for Pilot Radio Corp.

Righeimer & Righeimer, Chicago, Ill., for Wells-Gardner & Co.

Schradzke & Gould, Chicago, Ill., for Television Installation Service Assn.

Jacobs & Kamin, Alfred Kamin, Chicago, Ill., for Local 1031, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL.

Carl Pomerance, Chicago, Ill., for Sight-master Corp.

Kelly, Kelly & Kelly, Chicago, Ill., for Radio Craftsmen, Inc.

Nash, Ahern & McNally, Chicago, Ill. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Simon H. Rifkind, New York City, of counsel), for Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp.

Before MAJOR, Circuit Judge, and SULLIVAN and LA BUY, District Judges.


MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought to enjoin and set aside an order of the Federal Communications Commission, adopted October 10, 1950, effective November 20, 1950, which promulgated standards for the transmission of color television. Plaintiff Radio Corporation of America (RCA) is engaged, among other things, in research and development work in the field of electronics, and particularly in the field of radio and television, as well as in the manufacture...

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