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DeCOSTA v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.

No. 74-1391.

520 F.2d 499 (1975)

Victor DeCOSTA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1975.

Certiorari Denied January 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene L. Girden, New York City, with whom Knight Edwards, Edwards & Angell, Carleton G. Eldridge, Jr., Coudert Brothers, John M. Keene, III, Michael J. Calvey, New York City, and David Wolf, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendants-appellants.

Alan T. Dworkin, Providence, R. I., with whom Leonard Michaelson, Providence, R. I., was on brief, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, ALDRICH and McENTEE, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied January 19, 1976. See 96 S.Ct. 856.

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, a dozen years ago, began this suit against the Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. and allied corporations (CBS) to seek compensation for their unauthorized use of a character concept he had developed, embodying a costume, slogan, name, and symbol. A mechanic living in Cranston, Rhode Island, his avocation had been to don an all black cowboy suit, with a St. Mary's medal affixed...

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