NATIONAL BLACK MEDIA COALITION v. F.C.C.

No. 83-2062.

760 F.2d 1297 (1985)

The NATIONAL BLACK MEDIA COALITION, et al., Appellants, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, Heritage Village Church & Missionary Fellowship, Inc., David Livingstone Missionary Foundation, Inc., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Honig, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

David Silberman, Counsel, F.C.C., Washington, D.C., with whom Bruce E. Fein, General Counsel, and Daniel M. Armstrong, Counsel, F.C.C., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Lee Jay Peltzman, Washington, D.C., with whom B. Jay Baraff and Aaron Shainis, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for intervenor David Livingstone Missionary Foundation, Inc.

Ashton R. Hardy, New Orleans, La., and James J. Popham, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for intervenor Heritage Village Church and Missionary Fellowship, Inc.

Before BORK, SCALIA and STARR, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge SCALIA.

SCALIA, Circuit Judge:

The National Black Media Coalition and six other parties ("appellants") appeal from the Federal Communications Commission's refusal to designate for hearing an application for assignment of the television license for WJAN-TV in Canton, Ohio. Contending that appellants had failed to file their appeal with this court within the time period...

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