SERVICE ELECTRIC CABLE TV, INC. v. F. C. C.

No. 71-1936.

473 F.2d 104 (1972)

SERVICE ELECTRIC CABLE TV, INC. tr as Teleservice Company of Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Taft Broadcasting Company et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 9, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederick W. Ford, with whom Mr. Lee G. Lovett, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellant.

Mr. R. Michael Senkowski, Counsel, F. C. C. with whom Messrs. John W. Pettit, Gen. Counsel, and Joseph A. Marino, Associate Gen. Counsel, F. C. C., were on the brief for appellee.

Mr. Arthur B. Goodkind, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for intervenor, Taft Broadcasting Co.

Mr. Daniel W. Toohey, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for intervenor, Scranton Broadcasters, Inc.

Mr. Marvin J. Diamond, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for intervenor, WBRE-TV, Inc.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and TAMM and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, a cable TV operator, allegedly violated certain rules promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission to control the expansion of cable TV operations.1 Prior to 1966 appellant provided cable service to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and its suburb Hanover Township.2 In early 1966 the FCC's rules were changed so that cable service of the kind involved here could not be expanded...

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