WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING

Nos. 77-1058 to 77-1060, 77-1756, 77-1897, 77-2357, 77-1103 and 77-1602.

609 F.2d 355 (1979)

WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC., Defendant-Appellant. WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS, Defendant-Appellant. WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CBS, INC., Defendant-Appellant. WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO., INC., Defendant-Appellant. TANDEM PRODUCTIONS, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO., INC., a corporation, Defendant-Appellant. TANDEM PRODUCTIONS, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., a corporation; American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., a corporation; National Association of Broadcasters, a corporation, Defendants-Appellants. TANDEM PRODUCTIONS, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., a corporation; National Broadcasting Co., Inc., a corporation; American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., a corporation; National Association of Broadcasters; Robert E. Lee; James H. Quello; Charlotte T. Reid; Glen O. Robinson, Defendants, and Federal Communications Commission; Richard E. Wiley; Benjamin C. Hooks; Abbott Washburn, Defendants-Appellants. WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al., Defendants-Appellants. WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST, INC., Plaintiffs-Cross-Appellants, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al., Defendants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark N. Mutterperl, J. Roger Wollenberg, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellants.

Ronald L. Olson, Seth M. Hufstedler, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before SNEED and HUG, Circuit Judges, and ENRIGHT, District Judge.


SNEED, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. (Writers Guild)1 and Tandem Productions, Inc. (Tandem) instituted these consolidated actions against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and its Commissioners Wiley, Hooks, Lee, Quello, Reid, Robinson, and Washburn, the three major television networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC), and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) to challenge the adoption of the so-called...

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