Valley Vision, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission ordered appellant to cease and desist from the continued carriage of “distant signals” on its CATV system in Plaeerville, California. Prior to noting an appeal in this Court under § 402(b) of the Communications Act, 1 appellant instituted an appeal in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit under § 402(a) challenging the same decision of the Commission. The Ninth Circuit has issued an interlocutory injunction staying the effectiveness of the Commission’s order. Appellant now requests that we dismiss his appeal so that he may prosecute the entire matter…