AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO. v. FEDERAL COMMUN. COM'N

Nos. 10496, 10570.

191 F.2d 492 (1951)

AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., Inc. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. McKenna, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Andrew G. Haley and Vernon L. Wilkinson, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Max Goldman, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D. C., with whom Benedict P. Cottone, Gen. Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, and Richard A. Solomon and Mary Jane Morris, Attys., Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee. Dee W. Pincock, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee in No. 10570.

W. Theodore Pierson, Washington, D. C., with whom Vernon C. Kohlhaas, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for intervenor. Thomas N. Dowd, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for intervenor.

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


WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

These cases raise the question whether the Federal Communications Commission has acted fairly, expeditiously and within the framework of its legal powers in dealing with a complex problem relative to the allocation of radio frequencies to certain broadcasting stations.

I.

The American Broadcasting Company appeals from two orders of the Federal Communications Commission granting successive "special service authorizations...

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