AMERICAN BRANDS, INC. v. NATIONAL ASS'N OF BROADCASTERS

Civ. A. No. 3517-69.

308 F.Supp. 1166 (1969)

AMERICAN BRANDS, INC., Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS et al., Defendants.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

December 30, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abe Krash, John D. Hawke, Jr., Melvin Spaeth, Jerome I. Chapman, Norton E. Tennille, Jr., Arnold & Porter, Washington, D. C., Cyril F. Hetsko, Arnold Henson and Daniel J. O'Neill, Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolff, Eugene R. Anderson, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiff.

Lee Loevinger, Hogan & Hartson, Paul Comstock and John Summers, Washington, D. C., for defendant, National Ass'n of Broadcasters.

J. Roger Wollenberg, Timothy B. Dyk, Daniel I. Davidson, Raymond C. Clevenger, III, Sally Katzen, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D. C., Robert V. Evans, New York City, for defendant, Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

Mathias E. Mone, Donald J. Mulvihill, Cahill, Gordon, Sonnett, Reindel & Ohl, Howard Monderer, Washington, D. C., Corydon B. Dunham, New York City, for defendant, National Broadcasting Company, Inc.

Herbert A. Bergson, Howard Adler, Jr., Lionel Kestenbaum, Bergson, Borkland, Margolis & Adler, Washington, D. C., Everett H. Erlick, New York City, for defendant, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., Joseph M. Hannon and Nathan Dodell, Asst. U. S. Attys., Harold D. Rhynedance, Jr., and Alvin L. Berman, Attorneys, Federal Trade Comm., Washington, D. C., John V. Buffington, General Counsel and J. B. Truly, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for defendants, Federal Trade Commission, Paul Rand Dixon, Philip Elman, Mary Gardner Jones and A. Everette MacIntyre.


MEMORANDUM

MATTHEWS, Senior District Judge.

The matter before the Court is plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction. In ruling on it the Court takes into consideration the record, the points and authorities in support of and in opposition to the motion, the exhibits, the affidavits, the depositions and the argument of counsel.

1. Cigarette Advertising is the subject of this litigation.

2. The plaintiff, American Brands, Inc., formerly...

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