Popular Name Statutized?:
N
Type:
Case
Date Enacted:
Tuesday, June 19, 1934
Short Title:
"Communications Act of 1934"
Classification:
47 USC 609
Statute At Large:
ch 652, 48 Stat 1064
Named For?:
Defendant James Petrillo in U.S. v. Petrillo (332 U.S. 1, 1947), who was prosecuted for violation of a provision of the Communications Act of 1934. Petrillo was the head of the American Federation of Musicians.
Interesting Part Statutized?:
N
Notes:
"Petrillo" not statutized; short title at end - "Communications Act of 1934" (creating FCC); Although the two acts are cross-referenced in the PNT, the "Petrillo Bill" was actually an amendment to the Communications Act of 1934, adopted on April 16, 1946. See American Newspaper Publishers Ass'n v. NLRB (345 U.S. 100) (1953).