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WARNER BROS. PICTURES v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM

Civ. No. 8265.

102 F.Supp. 141 (1951)

WARNER BROS. PICTURES, Inc. et al. v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, Inc. et al.

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.

December 28, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freston & Files, Gordon L. Files, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Crider, Runkle & Tilson, Clarence B. Runkle, Los Angeles, Cal., for Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., William Spier, The Wildroot Company, Inc., Regis Radio Corp., Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc., William Robert Tallman and Joe Eisinger.

Laurence W. Beilenson, William Berger, Beverly Hills, Cal., Leonard Zissu, New York City, for Dashiell Hammett.

MATHES, District Judge.

Plaintiff Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., as owner of the motion picture, radio and television rights in the copyrighted work "Maltese Falcon," seeks by this action, see Hammett v. Warner Bros. Pictures, 2 Cir., 1949, 176 F.2d 145, an injunction and damages for alleged copyright infringement and unfair competition. 28 U.S.C. § 1338 (a, b); Hurn v. Oursler, 1938, 289 U.S. 238

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