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COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC. v. DeCOSTA

Nos. 6769-6771.

377 F.2d 315 (1967)

COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., Defendant, Appellant, v. Victor DeCOSTA, Plaintiff, Appellee. CAPITAL CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION v. Victor DeCOSTA. C B S FILMS INC. v. Victor DeCOSTA.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

May 11, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knight Edwards, Providence, R. I., with whom Ronald R. Lagueux, Providence, R. I., Carleton G. Eldridge, Jr., Eugene L. Girden, New York City, Edwards & Angell, Providence, R. I., and Coudert Brothers, New York City, were on brief, for appellants.

Leonard Decof, Providence, R. I., with whom Alan T. Dworkin and Aisenberg, Decof & Dworkin, Providence, R. I., were on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by defendants1 from jury verdicts in the total amount of $150,000 awarded plaintiff on his claim that he created, and the defendants mis-appropriated, the character of Paladin, the protagonist of the CBS television series entitled "Have Gun Will Travel".

The story of this case — more bizarre than most television serial installments — is one of "coincidence" run riot. The plaintiff...

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