SCOTT v. RKO RADIO PICTURES

No. 14985.

240 F.2d 87 (1957)

Adrian SCOTT, Appellant, v. RKO RADIO PICTURES, Inc., a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 13, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenny & Cohn, Charles J. Katz, Robert W. Kenny, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Irving M. Walker, Herman F. Selvin, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before ORR, FEE and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges.


CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Scott, a screen director, was discharged by defendant-appellee RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., on November 26, 1947, after his participation as a witness in hearings before the Committee on Un-American Activities of the United States House of Representatives. At the time of the discharge, Scott was working with RKO under an unexpired written contract dated February 10, 1947.

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