RICHARDS v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM

Civ. A. No. 2052-56.

161 F.Supp. 516 (1958)

Arthur (Dick) RICHARDS, Plaintiff, v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, Inc., a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

April 16, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel C. Avancena, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Percy A. Shay, and Sidney H. Willner, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


SIRICA, District Judge.

This is a civil action brought by the plaintiff, Arthur (Dick) Richards, under Title 17 U.S.C. § 101, for an injunction and for damages arising out of an alleged infringement of plaintiff's copyrighted script entitled "Name the Star".

Plaintiff alleges in his complaint that he wrote the script prior to 1940 and obtained a copyright some time thereafter in accordance with the copyright laws; and that since June 9, 1948, plaintiff...

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