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GEE v. CBS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 75-1792.

471 F.Supp. 600 (1979)

Jack GEE, Jr. and William D. Harris, Esquire, Executor of the Estate of Jack Gee, Sr. v. CBS, INC., and Columbia Records, Inc.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

March 7, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert B. Newberg, Lloyd Zane Remick, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

James D. Fornari, George P. Williams, III, Philadelphia, Pa., Christine Philpot Clark, New York City, for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.

I. Preliminary Statement

This suit for damages and injunctive relief arises out of the luminous career of the late Bessie Smith who may be fairly described as "Empress of the Blues." See C. Albertson, Bessie (1972). Bessie Smith ("Smith") was a great singer and composer of the "blues."1 During the 1920...

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