Paul KUCZO, Jr. and John J. P. Nocerino, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
WESTERN CONNECTICUT BROADCASTING CO. and Kingsley Gillespie, Defendants-Appellants, and
Julian Schwartz, Defendant.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 1, 1977.
Decided October 27, 1977.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas H. Wall, Washington, D. C., Paul C. Jamieson, Stamford, Conn. (Alan C. Campbell, Richard D. Marks, John R. Feore, Jr., Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for defendants-appellants Western Connecticut Broadcasting and Kingsley Gillespie.
Sidney Vogel, Stamford, Conn., for plaintiffs-appellees Paul Kuczo, Jr. and John J. P. Nocerino.
Timothy B. Dyk, Washington, D. C. (J. Roger Wollenberg, Donald C. Langevoort, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D. C., Ralph E. Goldberg, New York City, of counsel), for amicus curiae CBS, Inc.
James A. McKenna, Jr., Carl R. Ramey, McKenna, Wilkinson & Kittner, Washington, D. C. (Everett H. Erlick, New York City, of counsel), for amicus curiae American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
Erwin G. Krasnow, Brenda L. Fox, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae National Ass'n of Broadcasters.
Irving R. Segal, Eugene A. Spector, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa. (Corydon B. Dunham, New York City, of counsel), for amicus curiae National Broadcasting Co., Inc.
Harry M. Plotkin, Theodore D. Frank, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, D. C. (Norman M. Sinel, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for amicus curiae Public Broadcasting Service.
J. Laurent Scharff, Pierson, Ball & Dowd, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae Radio Television News Directors Assn.
Werner K. Hartenberger, Gen. Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, John E. Ingle, Counsel, Robert S. Foosaner, Counsel, F. C. C., Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae, Federal Communications Commission.
Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, and OAKES and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
In 1969, three candidates campaigned for election to the office of Mayor of the City of Stamford, Connecticut: Julius Wilensky, a Republican; Paul Kuczo, a Democrat; and John J. P. Nocerino, of the Fusion Party. All three ran paid political broadcasts on the only radio stations licensed in Stamford, WSTC and WSTC(FM).
Both stations were then operated by the Western Connecticut Broadcasting Company ("Western") pursuant to licenses from...
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