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AURORA ENTERPRISES v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO.

No. 81-445 AWT.

524 F.Supp. 655 (1981)

AURORA ENTERPRISES, INC. a California corporation, and Xanadu Productions, Inc., a California Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., a corporation, NBC International, Ltd., a corporation, National Telefilm Associates, Inc., a corporation, NTA Delaware, Inc., a corporation, NTA Films, Inc., a corporation, NTA (Canada), Ltd., a corporation, Tele-Communications, Inc., a corporation, TCI Programs, Inc., a corporation, and George C. Hatch, an individual, Defendants.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

October 20, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Johnson, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs.

John J. Hanson, John P. Clark, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., for National Broadcasting Co., Inc. and NBC Intern., Ltd.

Richard C. Yarmuth, Culp, Dwyer, Cuterson & Grader, Seattle, Wash., Douglas L. Thorpe, Johnsen, Manfredi & Thorpe, Los Angeles, Cal., for Tele-Communications, Inc. and TCI Programs, Inc.

Martin S. Zohn, Pacht, Ross, Warne, Bernhard & Sears, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal., for National Telefilm Assoc., NTA Delaware, NTA Films, Inc., and NTA (Canada) Ltd.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

TASHIMA, District Judge.

This is an action by the respective producers of the television shows Bonanza and The High Chaparral ("Chaparral") against National Broadcasting Company ("NBC"), which originally purchased the broadcast rights to the two series, National Telefilm Associates, Inc., and its subsidiaries (collectively "NTA"), which purchased the syndication rights...

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