SELLERS v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO.

No. 81-7223.

668 F.2d 1207 (1982)

Larry L. SELLERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., Geraldo Rivera, and A B C News, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry W. Thomason, William F. Rucker, Decatur, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

King & Spalding, Charles L. Gowen, Joseph R. Bankoff, Bruce W. Baber, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before TUTTLE, HILL and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff, Larry L. Sellers, filed a three-count complaint against defendants American Broadcasting Co. (ABC) and Geraldo Rivera, alleging breach of contract, copyright infringement and misappropriation. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants and plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

In June 1978, Sellers informed Rivera, an investigative reporter occasionally employed by ABC, that he had an "exclusive story...

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