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OLSON v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO., INC.

Nos. 86-6325, 87-5606 and 87-5664.

855 F.2d 1446 (1988)

Ernest OLSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee, and Karen Hendel; Stephen Cannell; MCA, Inc. & MCA Television, Ltd., Defendants. Ernest OLSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., Defendant, and Stephen Cannell, MCA, Inc., and MCA Television, Ltd., Defendants-Appellants. Ernest OLSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., Defendant, and Joseph Cannell, dba Stephen J. Cannell Productions, MCA, Inc., and MCA Television, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 1, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell H. Beatie, Jr., Law Offices of Russell H. Beatie, Jr., New York City, for plaintiff/appellant/appellee.

Ronald S. Rosen, Silverberg, Rosen, Leon & Behr, and Louis P. Petrich, Leopold, Petrich & Smith, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants/appellees/appellants.

Before GOODWIN, CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judges, and SCHNACKE, District Judge.

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Ernest Olson appeals a judgment notwithstanding the verdict granted to National Broadcasting Company (NBC) on his claim that NBC's television series "The A-Team" infringed his copyright.

Olson sued NBC, Stephen J. Cannell (individually and dba Stephen J. Cannell Productions), MCA Inc. and MCA Television Ltd.1 for infringement of his treatment and screenplay...

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