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TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORP. v. LARDNER

No. 13491.

216 F.2d 844 (1954)

TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Ring LARDNER, Jr., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

November 9, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman F. Selvin, Irving M. Walker, Wright & Garrett, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Kenny & Cohn, Charles J. Katz, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges, and CLARK, District Judge.

CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.

Ring Lardner, Jr., plaintiff and appellee, in the year 1947 was working under written contract as a screen writer for Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. The latter, defendant and appellant, will hereinafter be referred to as "Fox."

Lardner was discharged on November 28, 1947, by Fox. Lardner filed suit and obtained judgment for approximately $25,000 in salary accruing after his discharge. This is a diversity case and Fox has appealed...

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