Legal Opinion
Pollak v. Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 15, 1951No. 10777_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.
Appellee Capital Transit Company (Transit) operates streetcars and buses in the District of Columbia. In 1948 Transit made a contract with appellee Washington Transit Radio, Inc., (Radio) by which Radio was to install and maintain loudspeakers in Transit vehicles and provide broadcasts at least 8 hours 1 daily except Sunday. In October, 1949, loudspeakers were in operation in 212 vehicles and it was planned to increase the number to 1,500.
Though Transit and Radio call the broadcasts “music as you ride”, they include not only music but also “commercials, announcements,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Kovacs v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Marsh v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Civil Rights CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Public Utilities Commission v. PollakSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Isbrandtsen Co., Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- Carl L. Baldwin and Alexinia Baldwin v. J. W. MorganCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- E. F. Drew & Co., Inc. v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Citizens Committee To Save Wefm v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
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