National Broadcasting Co. v. United States

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National Broadcasting Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 10–11, 1943 Decided May 10, 1943
Full case name	National Broadcasting Company, Incorporated, et al. v. United States, et al.
Citations	319 U.S. 190 (more) 63 S. Ct. 997; 87 L. Ed. 1344; 1943 U.S. LEXIS 1119; 1 Media L. Rep. 1965
Case history
Prior	Complaints dismissed, 44 F. Supp. 688 (S.D.N.Y. 1942); probable jurisdiction noted, 62 S. Ct. 908 (1942); reversed, 316 U.S. 447 (1942); on remand, 47 F. Supp. 940 (S.D.N.Y. 1942); probable jurisdiction noted, 63 S. Ct. 267 (1942).
Holding
The Federal Communications Commission can issue regulations pertaining to associations between broadcast networks and affiliated stations.
Court membership
Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone Associate Justices Owen Roberts · Hugo Black Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy Robert H. Jackson · Wiley B. Rutledge
Case opinions
Majority	Frankfurter, joined by Stone, Reed, Douglas, Jackson
Dissent	Murphy, joined by Roberts
Black and Rutledge took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

National Broadcasting Co. v. United States, 319 U.S. 190 (1943), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Federal Communications Commission had the power to issue regulations pertaining to associations between broadcasting networks and their affiliated stations, otherwise known as "chain networks."^[1] The case is important in the development of American administrative law.^{[citation needed]}