MIDWEST TELEVISION, INC. v. F. C. C.

Nos. 19975, 20021, 20264.

364 F.2d 674 (1966)

MIDWEST TELEVISION, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents. MIDWEST VIDEO CORPORATION and Black Hills Video Corporation, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

July 12, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Ernest W. Jennes, John E. Vanderstar and William Malone, Washington, D. C., were on the pleadings for appellants in Nos. 19,975 and 20,021.

Mr. Henry Geller, Gen. Counsel, F. C. C., with whom Mr. John H. Conlin, Associate Gen. Counsel and Mrs. Lenore G. Ehrig, Atty., F. C. C., and Howard E. Shapiro, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on the pleadings, for appellees.

Mr. Harry M. Plotkin, Washington, D. C., was on the pleadings for intervenors in Nos. 19,975 and 20,021 and also entered an appearance for appellants in No. 20,264.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, BASTIAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Black Hills Video and Midwest Video seek to intervene in Nos. 19,975 and 20,021 for the limited purpose of moving to have the record and proceedings in these cases transferred to the Eighth Circuit. We grant the motion to intervene and order the cases transferred.

These cases involve the validity of orders of the Federal Communications Commission concerning CATV systems. The FCC released its First Report and Order in this area on April 23, 1965...

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