STEVENS v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO.

Docket No. 32900.

270 Cal.App.2d 886 (1969)

76 Cal. Rptr. 106

GEORGE STEVENS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

March 21, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Slaff, Mosk & Rudman and Norman G. Rudman for Plaintiff and Appellant.

O'Melveny & Meyers, Rodney K. Potter and Rodney E. Nelson for Defendants and Respondents.


LILLIE, J.

The principal issue is whether the trial court erroneously construed the provisions of an employment contract relating to plaintiff's "cutting" or "editing" rights in certain motion pictures produced and directed by him, after their completion and upon exhibition on television. One such picture, "A Place in the Sun," was televised by defendant National Broadcasting Company under a licensing agreement with defendant Paramount Television Productions, Inc...

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