COLUMBIA BROAD. SYS., INC. v. AMERICAN SOC. OF COMP. A. & P.

No. 69 Civ. 5740.

320 F.Supp. 389 (1970)

COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS, et al., and Broadcast Music, Inc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

October 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for plaintiff; Alan J. Hruska, New York City, of counsel.

Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, New York City, for defendant Broadcast Music, Inc.; Jerome G. Shapiro, Amalya L. Kearse, New York City, of counsel.

Sullivan & Cromwell, and Herman, Finkelstein, New York City, for defendant American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers; Arthur H. Dean, Roy H. Steyer, New York City, of counsel.

Paul, Weiss, Goldberg, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for defendants Coleman, Hamilton, Schwartz and Washington; Simon H. Rifkind, Jay H. Topkis, New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

LASKER, District Judge.

Broadcast Music, Inc. ("BMI") and its affiliates move for a preliminary injunction requiring Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. ("CBS") to pay to BMI pendente lite the fair and reasonable value of the BMI repertoire being used by CBS Television Network, or in the alternative to restrain CBS from infringing the copyrights on BMI's music.

CBS has sued BMI, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ("ASCAP...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases