PADUCAH NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. F. C. C.

Nos. 22007, 22019, 22027.

414 F.2d 1183 (1969)

PADUCAH NEWSPAPERS, INC. (Television Station WPSD-TV), Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Egyptian Cablevision, Inc. and Southern Video Corporation, Benton Television Company, Intervenors. HIRSCH BROADCASTING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Benton Television Company, Egyptian Cablevision, Inc. and Southern Video Corporation, Intervenors. TURNER-FARRAR ASSOCIATION, etc., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Egyptian Cablevision, Inc. and Southern Video Corporation, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1969.

Petition for Rehearing Denied August 14, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur Stambler, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. George O. Sutton and Thomas N. Frohock, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for petitioners. Mr. James A. McKenna, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for petitioners in No. 22,027.

Mr. D. Biard MacGuineas, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, with whom Messrs. Henry Geller, Gen. Counsel, John H. Conlin, Associate Gen. Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, and Howard E. Shapiro, Atty., Department of Justice, were on the brief, for respondents. Mrs. Lenore G. Ehrig and William L. Fishman, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, also entered appearances for respondents.

Mr. William P. Bernton, Washington, D. C., for intervenors, Egyptian Cablevision, Inc. and Southern Video Corporation. Mr. John J. Baker, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for intervenors, Egyptian Cablevision, Inc. and Southern Video Corporation.

Mr. Donald P. Zeifang, with whom Mr. John D. Matthews, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for intervenor, Benton Television Co.

Before McGOWAN, TAMM and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.


McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:

This case is the latest in a series in this court that have challenged the Federal Communications Commission's failure to hold hearings under 47 C.F.R. § 74.1107 (1968).1 All of these cases have turned upon the interpretation the Commission and this court have given to the rules promulgated by the Commission in its so-called Second Report and Order, 2 F.C.C.2d 725 (1966), in which it established its jurisdiction...

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