Capital Cities Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission

MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners-appellants1 (hereinafter, “petitioners”) seek review of the fees charged by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under the authority of 31 U.S.C. § 483a (1970)2 in the Commission’s 1970 fee *1137schedule for the grant of applications for the assignment of broadcast licenses or transfer of control or ownership of broadcast licensees.3 All the fees in question here were assessed (i. e., the grant of authority was made) in that interim period between March 4, 1974, when the Supreme Court decided National Cable Television Association v. United States (NCTA),…