KING'S GARDEN, INC. v. F. C. C.

No. 73-1896.

498 F.2d 51 (1974)

The KING'S GARDEN, INC., Petitioner v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton L. Berfield, Washington, D. C., with whom Lewis I. Cohen, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for petitioner.

John E. Ingle, Counsel, F. C. C., with whom John W. Pettit, Gen. Counsel, and Joseph A. Marino, Associate Gen. Counsel, F. C. C., were on the brief, for respondent.

Melvin L. Wulf, New York City, and Joseph Remcho, San Francisco, Cal., filed a brief on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union et al. as amici curiae.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, WRIGHT, Circuit Judge, and WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.


J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner is a non-profit, interdenominational, religious, and charitable organization. Its activities include a number of ministries whose basic goal is to "share Christ world wide" (Record at p. 15). Petitioner is also the licensee of Radio Stations KBIQ-FM and KGDN in Edmonds, Washington. In these proceedings it seeks review of an order of the Federal Communications Commission which found that it was discriminating on religious...

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