1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 981 F.2d
  5. 981 F.2d 602 (1992)
 

DeCOSTA v. VIACOM INTERN., INC.

No. 91-2211.

981 F.2d 602 (1992)

Victor DeCOSTA, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. VIACOM INTERNATIONAL, INC., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Callagy with whom Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke and Jan R. Uhrbach, New York City, were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Richard W. Petrocelli with whom Mark J. Hagopian and Visconti & Petrocelli Ltd., Providence, RI, were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CYR, Circuit Judge.

BREYER, Chief Judge.

More than thirty years ago, between 1957 and 1964, CBS provided television stations with a program called "Have Gun — Will Travel." The program starred "Paladin," a fictional cowboy who dressed in black, carried a derringer pistol, and handed out calling cards with a picture of a chess knight. More than forty years ago, in 1947, Victor DeCosta, the plaintiff in this case, began to appear, as a cowboy, at rodeos, hospitals, and charitable...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases