WKAT, INC. v. F. C. C.

Nos. 13718, 14021, 14170, 13725, 16089, 16091.

296 F.2d 375 (1961)

WKAT, INC., Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, Public Service Television, Inc., L. B. Wilson, Inc., Intervenors. EASTERN AIRLINES, INC., Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee. Public Service Television, Inc., L. B. Wilson, Inc., Intervenors. NORTH DADE VIDEO, INC., Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee. Elzey ROBERTS, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Argued March 22, 1961.

Opinion on the Merits July 6, 1961.

Certiorari Denied October 9, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Paul A. Porter, George Bunn, G. Duane Vieth, James O. Juntilla and L. Reed Miller, Washington, D. C., for appellant WKAT, Inc.

Mr. Harold L. Russell, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant Eastern Airlines, Inc.

Messrs. A. Harry Becker and Alexander Boskoff, Washington, D. C., for appellant North Dade Video, Inc.

Messrs. Andrew G. Haley and J. Roger Wollenberg, Washington, D. C., for Elzey Roberts, appellant in No. 16091 and amicus curiae in Nos. 13718, 13725, 14021 and 14170. Mr. Michael H. Bader also entered an appearance for Elzey Roberts as amicus curiae in Nos. 13718, 13725, 14021 and 14170.

Messrs. John L. Fitzgerald, Gen. Counsel, Max Paglin, Asst. Gen. Counsel, and Joel Rosenbloom, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Messrs. Paul M. Segal and Robert A. Marmet, Washington, D. C., for L. B. Wilson, Inc., intervenor in Nos. 13718, 13725, 14021 and 14170.

Messrs. Norman E. Jorgensen, Washington, D. C., and William I. Denning, Washington, D. C., for Public Service Television, Inc., intervenor in Nos. 13718, 13725, 14021 and 14170.

Mr. Richard A. Solomon, Washington, D. C., for the United States, amicus curiae in Nos. 13718, 13725, 14021 and 14170.

Before PRETTYMAN, WASHINGTON, and DANAHER, Circuit Judges, in Chambers.


Certiorari Denied October 9, 1961. See 82 S.Ct. 63.

Order — Dec. 23, 1960.

PER CURIAM.

It appearing that intervenor Public Service Television, Inc. has filed a motion to direct appellee to vacate its purported order of July 14, 1960, to transmit the record made on the remanded issues and to direct the parties to file supplemental briefs, and that the aforesaid intervenor has also filed a motion to stay the effective date of the Commission...

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