Legal Opinion · Dissent

Allentown Broadcasting Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, Wkap, Inc., Intervenor

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided April 9, 1956No. 11957_1Published

1DissentBazelon, Circuit Judge

The contest is between mutually exclusive applicants for radio station construction permits, appellant proposing to serve the community of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and the intervenor the *58community of Easton, Pennsylvania. The Federal Communications Commission decided that Easton's need for a new station is greater than Allentown’s and that the intervenor can better serve that need than the appellant. When the cause was last here, we reversed the Commission's decision. The cause reaches us again on remand from the Supreme Court, which reversed our decision but did not order reinstatement of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Federal Communications Commission v. Sanders Bros. Radio StationSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Clarksburg Publishing Company v. Federal Communications Commission, Ohio Valley Broadcasting Corporation, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
  3. Democrat Printing Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
  4. Allentown Broadcasting Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, Easton Publishing Company, Intervenor, Wkap, Inc., Intervenor. Allentown Broadcasting Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, Wkap, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
  5. Allentown Broadcasting Corp. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954

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