Supreme Court of the United States, 1957

Sacramento Telecasters, Inc. v. McClatchy Broadcasting Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 25, 1957 · Applications, Consideration, Took

353 U.S. 918; 77 S. Ct. 664 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Dwight D. Doty and J. Roger Wollenberg for Sacramento Telecasters, Inc. Clair L. Stout, Thomas H. Wall and John J. Hamlyn for the McClatchy Broadcasting Co. Solicitor General Rankin and Warren E. Baker in No. 694, and with them were Assistant Attorney General Hansen, Daniel M. Friedman, Richard A. Solomon and Henry Getter in No. 733, for the Federal Communications Commission. Elisha Hanson and Arthur B. Hanson filed a brief for the American Newspaper Publishers Association, as amicus curiae, in support of the petition in No. 733.

Cases that cite this one

11 later published cases cite this decision. The 9 that cite it most often are listed here.

Tennessee Television, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Wbir, Inc., Intervenor (D.C. Cir. 1958)
Steven A. Edwards v. Nancy Allen (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005)
California Interstate Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission, Western Union Telegraph Company, Intervenor (D.C. Cir. 1964)
Rhode Island Television Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission (D.C. Cir. 1963)
Farrell McKean D/b as Business and Professional Telephone Exchanges v. Federal Communications Commission, Mobilfone, Inc., Intervenor (D.C. Cir. 1961)
William R. Castle v. Robert E. McLaughlin Members of the Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir. 1959)
Noe v. Federal Communications Commission (D.C. Cir. 1958)
Noe v. Federal Communications Commission (D.C. Cir. 1958)
Massachusetts Bay Telecasters, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission (D.C. Cir. 1958)

This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.

Opinion of the Court

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Certiorari denied.

The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications.

Reported below: 99 U. S. App. D. C. 195, 199, 239 F. 2d 15, 19.

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