Legal Opinion
Transcontinent Television Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 19, 1962No. Nos. 16540, 16541, 16684, 16685PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAHY, Circuit Judge.
Appellant-petitioner, whose designation of itself as Marietta we adopt in this opinion,1 operates under license from the Federal Communications Commission a VHF television station, KERO-TV, on channel 10 in Bakersfield, California. On June 27, 1960, the Commission issued a notice of proposed rule making to determine whether the public interest would be served by amending section 3.6062 of its rules by deleting channel 10 from Bakersfield and providing two additional UHF channels to supplement the three existing UHF channels assigned to that city. This would achieve…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Church of the Holy Trinity v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Lynch v. OverholserSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Markham v. CabellSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. Storer Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Federal Communications Commission v. National Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Fort Harrison Telecasting Corp. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
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- Fort Harrison Telecasting Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Illiana Telecasting Corporation, Wabash Valley Broadcasting Corporation, Intervenors. 220 Television, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc., Signal Hill Telecastingcorporation, Intervenors. Sangamon Valley Television Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Signal Hill Telecasting Corporation, Illiana Telecasting Corporation, Americanbroadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc., Plains Television Corporation, 220television,inc., the State of Illinois, Metromedia, Inc., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963