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OFFICE OF COMMUNICATION OF UNITED CH. OF CHRIST v. F. C. C.

No. 24672.

465 F.2d 519 (1972)

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATION OF the UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Albert H. Kramer, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Mr. Joseph A. Marino, Counsel, Federal Communications Comm., 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 Federal Communications Comm.

Mr. Robert B. Nicholson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, for appellee United States. Mr. Howard E. Shapiro, Atty., Dept. of Justice, also entered an appearance for appellee United States.

Mr. Charles R. Halpern, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Geoffrey Cowan, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for Friends of the Earth as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, DANAHER, Senior Circuit Judge, and ROBINSON, Circuit Judge.

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

In this appeal we are asked to review the Federal Communications Commission's refusal to permit the voluntary reimbursement of expenses to the appellant, the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, by a broadcast licensee. The proposed reimbursement was for legal advice and other services rendered by the Church to several civic associations in Texarkana, Texas in filing a petition to deny the license of KTAL-TV in Texarkana, negotiating...

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