Legal Opinion
McIntire v. Wm. Penn Broadcasting Co. of Philadelphia
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 12, 1945No. 8928PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs are clergymen or religious corporations who have been broadcasting religious programs over Radio Station “WPEN” owned and operated by the defendant. The station operates under a short term license in the usual form 1 issued by the Federal Communications Commission under the Communications Act of 1934. See 47 U.S.C.A. § 307. WPEN devoted at least a fifth of its available broadcasting time to religious programs. All of the time consumed by these plaintiffs’ programs was paid for by the plaintiffs as sponsors pursuant to contracts entered into' by them and the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- National Broadcasting Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Ruhlin v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National CommitteeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Massachusetts Universalist Convention v. Hildreth & Rogers Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1950
- Brandywine-Main Line Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Greater Philadelphia Council of Churches, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Post v. PaytonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1971
- Gemini Enterprises, Inc. v. WFMY Television Corp.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1979
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