RALPH C. WILSON INDUSTRIES v. CHRONICLE BROADCAST.

No. 84-2758.

794 F.2d 1359 (1986)

RALPH C. WILSON INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHRONICLE BROADCASTING CO.; Miami Valley Broadcasting Corp.; Field Communications Corp.; Viacom International, Inc.; P.I.T.S. Films; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; Paramount Television Domestic Distribution, Inc.; Warner Bros. Television Domestic Distribution, Inc.; MCA Television Ltd.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.; and United Artists Television, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick P. Furth, Craig C. Corbitt, Furth, Fahrner, Bluemle & Mason, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Brent N. Rushforth, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Washington, D.C., M. Laurence Popofsky, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before SNEED, SCHROEDER and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges.


BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:

Ralph C. Wilson Industries, Inc. ("Wilson") appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of appellees, various television stations and television program suppliers. We affirm.

I.

BACKGROUND

Wilson is the licensee of television station KICU-TV ("KICU"), Channel 36, licensed by the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") to the city of San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. KICU is an independent...

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