AMERICAN TELEVISION CO., INC. v. HERVEY

No. 5-6119.

490 S.W.2d 796 (1973)

AMERICAN TELEVISION COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. A. B. HERVEY, Jr., Commissioner of Revenues for the State of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bethell, Callaway & Robertson, Ft. Smith, Coleman, Gantt, Ramsey & Cox, Brief Amicus Curiae, Pine Bluff, for appellant.

R. David Lewis, Little Rock, for appellee.


HARRIS, Chief Justice.

Appellant, American Television Company, Inc., owns and operates KFSA-TV, a federally licensed television station in Fort Smith. The station enters into various license agreements with out-of-state concerns whereby it acquires the right to broadcast particular motion picture films, syndicated programs, and other artistic performances. The films covered in the agreements are then sent to KFSA from where the films are broadcast. After broadcasting...

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