BERNSTEIN v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY

Civ. A. Nos. 3517-52, 5663-52.

129 F.Supp. 817 (1955)

Charles S. BERNSTEIN, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 17, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry P. Warner, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Percy A. Shay, Sidney H. Willner, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


KEECH, District Judge.

This case is before the court on the defendant's motion for summary judgment in two consolidated actions for invasion of privacy.

Both actions arise from the same undisputed facts. In 1919 plaintiff, Charles S. Bernstein, was convicted of bank robbery in Minnesota and sentenced to imprisonment for forty years. After serving nine years, he was paroled and pardoned. In 1933 in the District of Columbia, plaintiff, under the name Charles...

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