MT. MANSFIELD TELEVISION, INC. v. F. C. C.

Nos. 647-650, 652-653, Dockets 35242, 35246, 35429, 35435, 35483 and 35484.

442 F.2d 470 (1971)

MT. MANSFIELD TELEVISION, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents. VAN CURLER BROADCASTING CORPORATION and WLKY-TV, Inc., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, Inc., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents. MCA, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, Inc., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co., Inc., MCA, Inc., Metromedia, Inc., CBS Television Affiliates, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brice M. Clagett, Washington, D. C. (Eugene F. Mullin, S. White Rhyne, Jr., Mullin, Connor & Rhyne, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for petitioner Mt. Mansfield Television, Inc.

Lloyd N. Cutler, Washington, D. C. (J. Roger Wollenberg, Timothy B. Dyk, Daniel Marcus, Stephen A. Weiswasser, Sally Katzen, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D. C., Robert V. Evans, John D. Appel, Albert H. Dwyer, Michael J. Goldey, New York City, on the brief), for petitioner Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

Brice M. Clagett, Washington, D. C. (Jack P. Blume, James K. Edmundson, Fly, Shuebruk, Blume & Gaguine, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for petitioners Van Curler Broadcasting Corp. and WLKY-TV, Inc.

Jerome J. Shestack, Philadelphia, Pa. (Bernard G. Segal, Harvey Levin, Philadelphia, Pa., Corydon B. Dunham, Benjamin D. Raub, New York City, Howard Monderer, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for petitioner National Broadcasting Co., Inc.

Arthur Scheiner, Washington, D. C. (Richard A. Solomon, Edward P. Taptich, Wilner, Scheiner & Greeley, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for petitioner and intervenor MCA, Inc.

James A. McKenna, Jr., Washington, D. C. (Thomas N. Frohock, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for petitioner American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

John H. Conlin, Associate Gen. Counsel, F. C. C. (Richard E. Wiley, Gen. Counsel, Katrina Renouf, Counsel, F. C. C., Washington, D. C., Richard W. McLaren, Asst. Atty. Gen., Howard E. Shapiro, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for respondents Federal Communications Commission and the United States.

John D. Lane, Washington, D. C. (J. Carter McKaig, Ramsey L. Woodworth, John W. Lyon, Hedrick & Lane, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for intervenor Westinghouse Broadcasting Co., Inc.

Thomas J. Dougherty, Washington, D. C. (Alfred L. Schwartz, New York City, on the brief), for intervenor Metromedia, Inc.

Brice M. Clagett, Washington, D. C. (Ernest W. Jennes, Richard B. Stewart, Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for intervenor CBS Television Affiliates.

Theodore Baron, Leon T. Knauer, William Loftus, Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker, Washington, D. C., submitted a brief amicus curiae for Kid Broadcasting Corp. and WLBZ Television, Inc.

Warren Woods, Jerome Y. Sturm, New York City, Leonard Appel, Washington, D. C., Sturm & Perl, New York City, Wilson, Woods & Villalon, Washington, D. C., submitted a brief amicus curiae for National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians, AFL-CIO.

Richard Hildreth, Robert L. Olender, Fletcher, Heald, Rowell, Kenehan & Hildreth, Washington, D. C., submitted a brief amicus curiae for Central Coast Broadcasters, Inc.

Paul B. Comstock, John B. Summers, Louise O. Knight, William C. Koplovitz, Washington, D. C., submitted a brief amicus curiae for National Association of Broadcasters.

Edward P. Morgan, A. Robert Cherin, Welch & Morgan, Washington, D. C., submitted a brief amicus curiae for Hughes Sports Network, Inc.

Royal E. Blakeman, Marshall, Bratter, Greene, Allison & Tucker, New York City, submitted a brief amicus curiae for Goodson-Todman Productions.

Before HAYS and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and TYLER, District Judge.


HAYS, Circuit Judge:

The petitions in this case seek to review and set aside several new rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in its Docket No. 12782, "In the Matter of Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations with Respect to Competition and Responsibility in Network Television Broadcasting."1 The full text of these rules, known as the "prime time access," "financial interest" and "syndication" rules...

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