MARTIN-TRIGONA v. F. C. C.

No. 23601.

432 F.2d 682 (1970)

Anthony R. MARTIN-TRIGONA, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., National Broadcasting Company, Inc., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Anthony R. Martin-Trigona, appellant pro se.

Mr. Edward J. Kuhlmann, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, with whom Messrs. Henry Geller, General Counsel, and John H. Conlin, Associate General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Stuart F. Feldstein, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Mr. J. Roger Wollenberg, with whom Messrs. Joel Rosenbloom and Jay F. Lapin, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for intervenor, Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

Messrs. James A. McKenna, Jr., Vernon L. Wilkinson, and Norman P. Leventhal, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for intervenor, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

Mr. Samuel D. Slade, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for intervenor, National Broadcasting Co., Inc.

Before McGOWAN, TAMM and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Petitioner, a resident of Urbana, Illinois, asked the Federal Communications Commission to revoke the licenses of the three television stations in New York City owned, respectively, by the CBS, NBC, and ABC networks. His petitions were dismissed by the Commission on the ground that his allegations failed to show the kind of interest which gave him standing to oppose renewal of these licenses; and he brought this statutory review proceeding.

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