Scripps-Howard Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission

This case is here on certificate from the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Judicial Code § 239, 28 U. S. C. § 346. The question certified relates to the power of the Court of Appeals to stay the enforcement of an order of the Federal Communications Commission pending determination of an appeal taken under § 402 (b) of the Communications Act of 1934, 48 Stat. 1064, 1093.

*5The circumstances which induced the Court to certify the question are these: On October 10, 1939, the Commission granted without hearing the'application of WCOL, Inc., licensee of Station WCOL, Columbus, Ohio, for…