Legal Opinion

Metropolitan Television Co v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided April 14, 1955No. Nos. 12191, 12192PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

Under § 309(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 as amended, 66 Stat. 714, 47 U.S.C.A. § 309(c), Metropolitan Television Company protested an order of the Federal . Communications Commission which granted an application by Alvarado Broadcasting Company to change the frequency and power of its broadcasting station. The Commission thought the protest insufficient and dismissed it without a hearing. Metropolitan filed a petition under § 402(a) of the Act, 66 Stat. 718, 47 U.S.C.A. § 402(a), for review of the Commission’s order of dismissal. Metropolitan also appealed,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Federal Communications Commission v. Sanders Bros. Radio StationSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Camden Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission Camden Radio, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Gene A. Folden, Coastal Communications Associates, and Judith A. Longshore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
  2. Functional Music, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Functional Music, Inc. v. United States of America, Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
  3. Clarksburg Publishing Company v. Federal Communications Commission, Ohio Valley Broadcasting Corporation, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
  4. Illinois Citizens Committee for Broadcasting v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
  5. Tomah-Mauston Broadcasting Co., Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, John D. Rice, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962

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