NETWORK PROJECT v. F. C. C.

No. 73-2050.

511 F.2d 786 (1975)

The NETWORK PROJECT, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, GTE Satellite Corp., RCA Global Communications, Inc., and RCA Alaska Communications, Inc., National Satellite Service Inc., American Satellite Corp., CML Satellite Corp., and Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton I. Hamburg and Peter Weiss, New York City, of the bar of the Court of New York pro hac vice by special leave of court, for appellant.

Joseph Volpe, III, Counsel, F. C. C., with whom Daniel R. Ohlbaum, Acting Gen. Counsel, and Joseph A. Marino, Associate Gen. Counsel, F. C. C., were on the brief, for appellee. John W. Pettit, Gen. Counsel, F. C. C., at the time the record was filed and Ashton R. Hardy, Gen. Counsel, F. C. C., also entered appearances for appellee.

Alan Y. Naftalin, Washington, D. C., with whom Herbert D. Miller, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for intervenors RCA Global Communications, Inc., and RCA Alaska Communications, Inc.

David A. Irwin, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for intervenor American Satellite Corp.

Joseph M. Kittner, Edward P. Taptich and Norman P. Leventhal, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for intervenor GTE Satellite Corp.

Ben C. Fisher and Grover C. Cooper, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for intervenor National Satellite Services, Inc.

J. Laurent Scharff and W. Theodore Pierson, Jr., Washington, D. C., entered appearances for intervenor CML Satellite Corp.

James L. McHugh, Jr., Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for intervenor Corp. for Public Broadcasting.

Before J. EDWARD LUMBARD, Senior Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, and McGOWAN and TAMM, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge McGOWAN.

McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, The Network Project, is an unincorporated association devoted to promoting what it considers to be sound principles relating to the regulation or non-regulation of communications systems. It claims standing, unchallenged here, as a past and potential user of communications services. Its petition seeks review under 47 U.S.C. ...

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