CIVIC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION v. F. C. C.

No. 23953.

462 F.2d 309 (1972)

CIVIC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, Lamar Life Broadcasting Company, Dixie National Broadcasting Corporation, Communications Improvement, Inc., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Earle K. Moore, New York City, for intervenor Communications Improvement, Inc.

Mr. Martin E. Firestone, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellant.

Mr. Joseph A. Marino, Counsel, F. C. C., with whom Messrs. Richard E. Wiley, Gen. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and John H. Conlin, Associate Gen. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. D. Baird MacGuineas, Counsel, F. C. C. at the time the record was filed, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Mr. Reed Miller, Washington, D.C., with whom Mr. Paul A. Porter, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for intervenor Lamar Life Broadcasting Co.

Messrs. W. H. Borghesani, Jr., and Joseph F. Hennessey, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor Dixie National Broadcasting Corp.

Ms. Nancy K. Hussey entered an appearance for intervenor Communications Improvement, Inc.

Before FAHY, Senior Circuit Judge, and LEVENTHAL and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.


FAHY, Senior Circuit Judge:

Civic Communications Corporation, herein Civic, petitions for review of an order of the Federal Communications Commission released February 2, 1970.1 The order denied Civic's petition to the Commission that it impound the profits of Lamar Life Broadcasting Company, herein Lamar, from its interim operation of WLBT(TV), Channel 3 at Jackson, Mississippi, during the pendency of various license proceedings.

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