WOOD v. SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INC.

Civ. No. LV 79-1 RDF.

507 F.Supp. 1128 (1980)

Michael R. WOOD, individually, and dba National Photo Services, Plaintiff, v. SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INC. et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Nevada.

December 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Wood, in pro. per.

Lionel, Sawyer & Collins by Grant Sawyer and Dennis L. Kennedy, Las Vegas, Nev., for Adams & Son, Inc.

Woodburn, Wedge, Blakey, Folsom & Jeppson by Casey W. Vlautin, Reno, Nev., for Donrey, Inc. d/b/a Las Vegas Review-Journal and Time, Inc. (Sports Illustrated-Western Edition).

Morrison & Foerster by Linda L. McCall, San Francisco, Cal., for Amphlett Printing Co.

Office of Gen. Counsel, Mobil Oil Corp. by Paul T. Gough, Los Angeles, Cal., for Mobil Oil Corp. and Ed Fulham.

Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander, P.A. by Rudolph Mariscal and William L. Novotny, Phoenix, Ariz., for Phoenix Magazine.

Owen, Wickersham & Erickson by Melville Owen and Thomas M. Freiburger, San Francisco, Cal., for Lane Publishing Co. (Sunset Magazine).

Gust, Rosenfield, Divelbess & Henderson by James F. Henderson, Phoenix, Ariz., and Goodman, Oshins, Brown & Singer by Mark Segal, Las Vegas, Nev., for Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. (The Arizona Republic and The Phoenix Gazette).

Flint & McKay by Philip M. Battaglia, Stephen G. Contopulos and Frank Gooch, III, Los Angeles, Cal., for Hearst Corp. and The Advance-Star/Burlingame by Peninsula Newspaper, Inc., et al.

Spears, Lubersky, Campbell & Bledsoe by George L. Kirklin and Barrie J. Herbold, Portland, Or., for The Oregonian Publishing Co.

Dickerson, Miles & Pico by George M. Dickerson, Las Vegas, Nev., for Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce, Inc., et al.

Caldecott, Peck, Phillips & Stewart by W. Michael Celestre, Oakland, Cal., for Oakland Tribune, Inc. and Eller Outdoor Advertising Co. of California, Inc.

Denton & Denton by Mark R. Denton, Las Vegas, Nev., for Western Banker Publishing, Inc.

J. L. O'Loughlin and B. F. Steubing by Bradley F. Steubing, Los Angeles, Cal., for Gulf Oil Corp. and Al A. Gioia.

McKay & Byrne by Michael A. Byrne, Los Angeles, Cal., for George Rusich d/b/a Triple "R" Press.

Angeline Burke, in pro. per.

Harold A. Donegan, Jr., Scottsdale, Ariz., for Insurance News, Inc.

Hunt & Hunt by John L. Grandsaert, San Francisco, Cal., for Brown Newspaper Publishing Co., Inc., sued herein as defendant Richmond Independent.

Elaine F. Fitz, Union Oil Co. of California, Los Angeles, Cal., for Fred Hartley, Jerry Luboviski and Union Oil Co. of California.

D. Joseph Burton, David G. Yetter, Los Angeles, Cal., for Texaco, Inc. and J. C. Kiersted.

Dickerson, Miles & Pico, Las Vegas, Nev. and Christie, Parker & Hale by C. Russell Hale and LeRoy T. Rahn, Pasadena, Cal., for The Times Mirror Co. et al.

Vargas, Bartlett & Dixon by Robert L. Gifford, Las Vegas, Nev. and McCutcheon, Black, Verleger & Shea by Philip K. Verleger, Sharon F. Rubalcava and James F. Vernon, Los Angeles, Cal., for Western Oil and Gas Assn. and Harry Morrison.

Johnson & Pilkington by George W. Johnson, Las Vegas, Nev., for Westways Magazine by Automobile Club of Southern California.

Breen, Young, Whitehead, Terzich & Belding, Chartered, by Jerry Carr Whitehead, Reno, Nev., for Salem Oregon Statesman et al.

Morton R. Galane, P.C. by Lynda S. Mabry, Las Vegas, Nev., for The Instructor Magazine et al.

Law Offices of Paul C. Parraguirre by Lorin D. Parraguirre, Las Vegas, Nev., for Motorland by California State Automobile Assn.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher by Theodore B. Olson and Rex S. Heinke, Los Angeles, Cal., for Los Angeles Magazine.

Arkin & Weissman by Andrew N. Weissman, Culver City, Cal., for Brentwood Publishing Corp.

Sally Ganong Pope, New York City, for Ziff-Davis Publishing Co.

Perry & Clay by Jack G. Perry, Las Vegas, Nev., for The Conde' Nast Publications, Inc.

Carl E. Eiberger, Eiberger, Stacy & Smith, Denver, Colo., for Denver Post, Inc.


OPINION

ROGER D. FOLEY, District Judge.

HISTORY OF THE CASE

On April 28, 1969, plaintiff, a California resident, delivered certain copyrighted photographs to defendant Chace Company Advertising, Inc., a California corporation. Those photographs were to be used for advertising purposes in connection with a "tourist emergency program" sponsored by the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce and various oil companies following the oil spill disaster of...

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