Schum v. FCC.

• Jurisdiction: United States
• Date: 01 November 2016
• Author: Chang, Lynn

SCHUM V. FCC

617 F. App'x 5 (D.C. Cir. 2015), cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 1672 (2016)

In Schum v. FCC, (1) the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed the plaintiff's petition for review and appeal of an FCC action approving the transfer of a radio license from one of the plaintiff's companies to a separate entity. (2)

1. BACKGROUND

   After a Texas state court found a judgment against the plaintiff personally, the plaintiff declared bankruptcy. The FCC approved a transfer of a radio license from The Watch, Ltd. (The Watch) to a different licensee after the bankruptcy court put up the license for auction. (3) The plaintiff is the sole owner of DFW Radio, Inc., a general partner of The Watch. (4) The plaintiff alleged that he was injured by the FCC's approval of the transfer. (5)

   The issue in this case was whether the plaintiff could prove injury to establish standing. (6) To proceed to a trial on the merits, the plaintiff must have shown a concrete injury that resulted from the FCC's actions. (7) To this end, the plaintiff attempted to assert three distinct...