Legal Opinion

Democrat Printing Co. v. Federal Communications Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided November 26, 1952No. 10692_1PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

Texas Star Broadcasting Company was awarded a permit by the Federal Communications Commission to construct a radio station in Dallas, Texas. Operating as authorized on a frequency of 740 kilocycles, the new station would interfere with station KSEO which broadcasts from nearby Durant, Oklahoma, on a 750 kilocycle frequency. In fact, the stronger Texas Star signal threatens KSEO with daytime 1 displacement of its signal in an area including as much ás 41 per cent of the population previously served by that station. 2 Because of this threat the Democrat Printing Company,…

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Federal Communications Commission v. Sanders Bros. Radio StationSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Federal Communications Commission v. WJR, Goodwill Station, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. National Labor Relations Board v. Cheney California Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  5. Saginaw Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Democratic Central Committee of the District of Columbia v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission, D. C. Transit System, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  2. Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
  3. D. C. Transit System, Inc. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission, and District of Columbia Council, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
  4. James R. Tygrett v. Walter E. Washington, Commissioner, District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
  5. Roy L. Albertson v. Federal Communications Commission, Jet Broadcasting Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957

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