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NOBLE v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM

No. 14787.

270 F.2d 938 (1959)

Ben Paul NOBLE, Appellant, v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, a corporation, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 1, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur E. Neuman, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Messrs. Percy A. Shay and Sidney H. Willner, Washington, D. C., for appellees. Mr. James H. McGlothlin, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee Washington Post Company.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, FAHY and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

In 1949 appellant approached officials of the predecessor of WTOP-TV, one of the appellees, with an idea for producing a television program called "Letter of the Law." The program was a spontaneous, unrehearsed, fictitious courtroom drama, using local lawyers and judges, with participation by the studio audience as jurors. The particular subject matter of the drama differed in each program. Under arrangements with appellant the programs were later...

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