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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v. COHN

154 F.Supp. 899 (1957)

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Applicant, v. Ralph M. COHN, Vice President and General Manager, Screen Gems, Inc.; Screen Gems, Inc.; Charles Miller, Secretary, Revue Productions, Inc.; Revue Productions, Inc.; John L. Sinn, President, Ziv Television Programs, Inc.; Ziv Television Programs, Inc.; W. A. Handley, Assistant Secretary, MCA-TV, Ltd.; and MCA-TV, Ltd., Respondents.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

September 5, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren E. Baker, Gen. Counsel, Richard A. Solomon, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Joel Rosenbloom, Washington, D. C., for applicant, Federal Communications Comm., Harold J. Raby, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, of counsel.

Paul A. Porter, Washington, D. C., and Daniel Glass, New York City, for respondents Ralph M. Cohn and Screen Gems, Inc., Arnold, Fortas & Porter, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for respondents, Revue Productions, Inc., Charles Miller, MCA-TV, Ltd. and Walter Handley, Cyrus R. Vance, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for respondents, John L. Sinn and Ziv Television Programs, Inc., Samuel J. Silverman, Adrian W. DeWind, Stephen Wise Tulin, New York City, of counsel.

FREDERICK VAN PELT BRYAN, District Judge.

This is a proceeding brought by the Federal Communications Commission to enforce administrative subpoenas duces tecum, pursuant to 47 U.S.C.A. §§ 409(f) and (g), and an order of the Commission directing the production of the material called for by the subpoenas, pursuant to 47 U.S.C.A. § 401(b). The subpoenas were issued in connection with the work of the "Network Study Committee" of the Commission which is...

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