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q re | 0-19 (Rev, 7-18-58) | ¢€ Court Acts as Wat chdog OfU.S. Ageney Integrity. Wi increasing interest ! in thé Supreme Court, The Herald Tribune has assem- . Med a group of distin- guished lawyers to com- ment on current, important court decisions. The group includes lawyers in general practice and on law facul- which is not unusual as the year’s work gets under way during October. The justices are completing the process of sifting the hundreds of cases accumulated during summer recess, They must decide: Which of the cases pending oh petitions for certiorari should be accepted for review on the merits, Holloman / Gandy ties. Today's article is by Which of. them th urt Bennet Boskey of Wash- ishould decline to ie, Sourt ington. which, lke these two tele- ; vision Cases, deserve some ré- Two television channel cases) view but can be disposed of. last week provided the first) summarily without hearing oral. ‘occasion for the Supreme Court! argument. / to consider suggestion’ of im-| Both television channel con- propriety recently uncovereditests arose out of & major or0-| in Congressional investigations! ceeding initiated by the F.C. C. into the Federal Communice~lt pring about changes in the tions Commission. nation-wide allocation of chan- Both cases were sent back forinels. the Court of Appeals to scrutl-/ Sangamon Valley Television nize charges of impropriety|Corporation vy. United States: which had come to light subse-| the F. C. C. ordered Channel 2 quent to decisions upholdingitransterred from Springfield, F.C. C’s channel transfera. Il, to St. Louls, Sangamon, an Terse One-sentéence ordéts applicant for Chantel a at sufficed to make the court’s/Springfield claimed the transfer meaning plain. , ‘ would violate the communice- The Supreme Court issued|tions act. The District of Colum- nonfesmaal-opinions last week,] See COURT—PaTS, VOLS “ ba- _ (Pe \ Tolson CBeiment Mghr e arson Ta Trotter W.C. Sullivan Tele. R¢om NY, y \e Wash, Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash, Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Journal-_____ American N. Y. Mirror —___ N, Y. Daily News — N. ¥Y. Times Daily Worker The Worker New Leader aa cetrt po NOT RECORDED 8 OCT 31 1958 wha es