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GREATER BOSTON TELEVISION CORPORATION v. F. C. C.

Nos. 17785, 17788, 23154, 23159, 23172.

463 F.2d 268 (1971)

GREATER BOSTON TELEVISION CORPORATION, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, WHDH, Inc., a Massachusetts Corporation, Intervenor. WHDH, INC., Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, Greater Boston Television Corporation, a Massachusetts Corporation, Intervenor. CHARLES RIVER CIVIC TELEVISION, INC., Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, WHDH, Inc., Boston Broadcasters Inc., Intervenors. WHDH, INC., Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, Boston Broadcasters, Inc., Intervenor. GREATER BOSTON TV CO., Inc., Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, WHDH, Inc., Boston Broadcasters Inc., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

December 29, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Joseph Maloney, Jr., Boston, Mass., for appellant and intervenor Greater Boston Television Corp.

William J. Dempsey, William C. Koplovitz, John H. Dempsey, Dempsey & Koplovitz, Washington, D. C., for appellant WHDH, Inc.

Harry M. Plotkin, Thomas Schattenfield, William L. Fishman, Washington, D. C., for appellant Charles River Civic Television, Inc.

Richard E. Wiley, Max D. Paglin, General Counsel, Daniel R. Ohlbaum, Associate General Counsel, Ruth V. Reel, Herman I. Branse, Ernest O. Eisenberg, Washington, D. C., for appellee FCC.

William J. Dempsey, Harry J. Ockershausen, William C. Koplovitz, Washington, D. C., for WHDH, Inc., intervenor.

Henry Geller, John H. Conlin, Lenore G. Ehrig, Edward J. Kuhlmann, Richard E. Wiley, Gen. Counsel, for appellee FCC.

Donald E. Ward, Benito Gaguine, Washington, D. C., for Boston Broadcasters, Inc., intervenor.

Vincent B. Welch, Gerald S. Rourke, Welch & Morgan, Washington, D. C., for Hampton Roads Television Corp. and Community Broadcasting of Boston, Inc., amici curiae.

Before TAMM, LEVENTHAL and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

The latest turn in the Boston-TV Channel 5 controversy came on August 20, 1971, when the Federal Communications Commission filed a Request with this court to recall its mandate of June 23, 1971, affirming the FCC's order awarding a construction permit to Boston Broadcasters, Inc. (BBI). The Request was made for the purpose of permitting oral argument before the FCC to consider whether to reopen the comparative proceeding as to the action...

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