Federal Communications Commission v. Columbia Broadcasting System of California, Inc.

We brought these two cases here, 310 U. S. 617, because they raise questions of importance touching the distribution of judicial authority under the Communications Act of 1934. (Act of June 19, 1934, 48 Stat. 1064, as amended by the Act of June 5, 1936, 49 Stat. 1475, and by the Act of May 20, 1937, 50 Stat. 189; 47 U. S. C. § 151 et seq.)

Insofar as action of the Federal Communications Commission is subject to judicial review, the Act bifurcates access to the lower federal courts according to the nature of the subject matter before the Commission. Barring the exceptions immediatelv to be…