DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE v. F. C. C.

No. 71-1738.

460 F.2d 913 (1972)

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles H. Wilson, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Joseph A. Califano, Jr. and J. Alan Galbraith, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Joseph A. Marino, Counsel, F. C. C., with whom Messrs. Richard E. Wiley, Gen. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, Richard R. Zaragoza, Counsel, F. C. C., Howard E. Shapiro and George Edelstein, Attys., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for respondents. Mr. John H. Conlin, Associate Gen. Counsel, F. C. C., at the time the record was filed, also entered an appearance for respondent Federal Communications Commission.

Before McGOWAN, ROBB and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Democratic National Committee seeks review and reversal of an order of the Federal Communications Commission1 which (1) extended the time for filing comments in regard to a broad-ranging inquiry by the Commission into the efficacy of the fairness doctrine and the appropriate scope of the FCC's equal opportunities requirement, and (2) refused to separate its review of the applicability of the fairness doctrine from...

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