HEALEY v. F. C. C.

No. 24630.

460 F.2d 917 (1972)

Dorothy HEALEY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Metromedia, Inc., Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas R. Asher, Washington, D. C., for petitioner. Mr. Melvin L. Wulf, New York City, was on the brief for petitioner. Mrs. Hope Eastman, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for petitioner.

Mr. Richard R. Zaragoza, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, with whom Messrs. Richard E. Wiley, General Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and John H. Conlin, Associate General Counsel at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for respondents. Mr. Howard E. Shapiro, Atty., Department of Justice, also entered an appearance for respondents.

Mr. Thomas J. Dougherty, Washington, D. C., for intervenor.

Before ROBINSON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, and A. SHERMAN CHRISTENSEN, United States Senior District Judge for the District of Utah.


WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Dorothy Healey seeks review and reversal of the Federal Communications Commission order and decision1 denying her request that the FCC require television station KTTV of Los Angeles2 to allow her air time to respond to a commentary by one George Putnam carried by the station on its 4:30 and 10:00 p. m. "News Reports" on 17 February 1969. We sustain the Commission's ruling that...

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