RETAIL STORE EMPLOYEES U., LOCAL 880, R. C. I. A. v. F. C. C.

No. 22605.

436 F.2d 248 (1970)

RETAIL STORE EMPLOYEES UNION, LOCAL 880, RETAIL CLERKS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AFL-CIO, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph E. Finley, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. D. Biard MacGuineas, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, for appellee. Messrs. Henry Geller, Gen. Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, John H. Conlin, Associate Gen. Counsel, and Bernard C. O'Neill, Jr., Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, were on the brief, for appellee. Mrs. Lenore G. Ehrig, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and ROBINSON and ROBB, Circuit Judges.


BAZELON, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal, 47 U.S.C. § 402(b) (6), from a memorandum opinion and order of the Federal Communications Commission renewing without hearing the broadcasting license of Radio Station WREO of Ashtabula, Ohio, over the protest of Retail Store Employees Local 880 (Union).1 We conclude that the Commission has failed to demonstrate adequate consideration of issues of substantial public importance, and accordingly...

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