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ACKERMAN v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.

No. 68 Civil 4294.

301 F.Supp. 628 (1969)

Norman M. ACKERMAN, Gary S. Burstein and divers others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., National Broadcasting Company, Inc. and American Broadcasting Company, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

July 9, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Erlbaum, Kew Gardens, N. Y., for plaintiffs.

Rosenman, Colin, Kaye, Petschek, Freund & Emil, New York City, for defendant Columbia Broadcasting System Inc.; Ambrose Doskow, Alan Schwartz, New York City, of counsel.

Cahill, Gordon, Sonnett, Reindel & Ohl, New York City, for defendant National Broadcasting Company, Inc.; Lawrence J. McKay, Michael F. Armstrong, Lawrence C. Browne, New York City, of counsel.

Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, New York City, for defendant American Broadcasting Company, Inc.; Robert G. Desmond, New York City, of counsel.

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

This action was commenced on the eve of the 1968 Presidential election by two plaintiffs, one a practicing psychiatrist and the other a practicing clinical psychologist, against the three major television and radio networks, charging a conspiracy among them to deprive Dick Gregory, a Presidential candidate, and his supporters of "aliquot" television broadcast time1 in connection with his campaign.

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