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PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY CABLE COALITION v. F.C.C.

Nos. 75-1293, 75-1700.

531 F.2d 1240 (1976)

PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY CABLE COALITION et al., Petitioners in No. 75-1293, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, and United States of America, Respondents, North Philadelphia Cable Television Corporation and Philadelphia Cable Television Company, Intervenors. PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY CABLE COALITION, Petitioner in No. 75-1700, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, and the United States of America, Respondents, North Philadelphia Cable Television Corporation and Philadelphia Cable Television Company, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis T. White, Charles M. Firestone, Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

Ashton R. Hardy, Gen. Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Acting Associate Gen. Counsel, David L. Kuhns, Counsel, Nancy B. Carey, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C., Thomas E. Kauper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Carl D. Lawson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondents.

David C. Jatlow, Smith & Pepper, Washington, D.C., for intervenors.

Before ALDISERT, GIBBONS and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

ON PETITION TO VACATE AND SET ASIDE AN ORDER OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

We have considered the various contentions raised by the petitions to vacate and set aside orders of the Federal Communications Commission. While we deny the petitions, we are constrained to express our concern that the FCC has no rules to regulate transfers of ownership of cable television franchises. The possibility of "trafficking...

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