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CBS BROADCASTING v. PRIMETIME 24 JOINT VENTURE

No. 96-3650-CIV.

48 F.Supp.2d 1342 (1998)

CBS BROADCASTING INC.; Fox Broadcasting Co.; Group W/CBS Television Stations Partners, CBS Television Affiliates Association; Post-Newsweek Stations Florida, Inc.; KPAX Communications, Inc.; LWWI Broadcasting, Inc.; and Retlaw Enterprises, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. PRIMETIME 24 JOINT VENTURE, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida.

December 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Michael Rogero, Akerman Senterfitt & Eidson, Miami, FL, Lawrence A. Kasten, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, Thomas P. Olson, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, Jonathan C. Drimmer, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Natacha Steimer, James Wrathall, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, Jay T. Smith, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for CBS, Inc.

Natacha Steimer, James Wrathall, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, Jay T. Smith, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Fox Broadcasting Co.

Neil K. Roman, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Michael X. Imbroscio, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Jonathan R. Galst, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Natacha Steimer, James Wrathall, Jay T. Smith, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for CBS Television Affiliates Association.

Neil K. Roman, Michael X. Imbroscio, Jonathan R. Galst, Natacha Steimer, James Wrathall, Jay T. Smith, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Post-Newsweek Stations Florida Inc.

Neil K. Roman, Michael X. Imbroscio, Jonathan R. Galst, Natacha Steimer, James Wrathall, Jay T. Smith, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for KPAX Communications, Inc.

Neil K. Roman, Michael X. Imbroscio, Jonathan R. Galst, Natacha Steimer, James Wrathall, Jay T. Smith, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for LWWI Broadcasting, Inc.

Neil K. Roman, Michael X. Imbroscio, Jonathan R. Galst, Natacha Steimer, James Wrathall, Jay T. Smith, (See above), for Retlaw Enterprises, Inc.

Natacha Steimer, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, James Wrathall, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, for all plaintiffs.

David Michael Rogero, Akerman Senterfitt & Eidson, Miami, FL, for ABC, Inc.

David Michael Rogero, Akerman Senterfitt & Eidson, Miami, FL, for ABC Television Affiliates Association.

David Michael Rogero, Akerman Senterfitt & Eidson, Miami, FL, for FBC Television Affiliates Association.

David Michael Rogero, Akerman Senterfitt & Eidson, Miami, FL, for National Broadcasting Company.

David Michael Rogero, Akerman Senterfitt & Eidson, Miami, FL, for NBC Television Affiliates.

Brian F. Spector, Kenny Nachwalter Seymour Arnold Critchlo, Miami, FL, Andrew Z. Schwartz, Foley Hoag & Eliot, Boston, MA, for Primetime 24 Joint Venture.

Leslie Jean Lott, Lott & Friedland, Coral Gables, FL, David Kenneth Friedland, Lott & Friedland, Coral Gables, FL, for National Football League.

Alan Graham Greer, Richman Greer Weil Brumbaugh Mirabito et al., Miami, FL, Manuel Antonio Garcia-Linares, Richman Greer Weil Brumbaugh Mirabito et al., Miami, FL, Jay T. Smith, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for DirecTV, Inc.

James Yates, Pearland, TX, for James Yates.

Lois Yates, Pearland, TX, for Lois Yates.

Michael C. Zusman, Evans & Zusman, P.C., Portland, OR, for Michael C. Zusman.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

NESBITT, District Judge.

This cause was tried before the Court non-jury on August 10, 1998 to August 19, 1998. Based upon the evidence presented through witness testimony, deposition testimony, documents, and exhibits, and pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(a), the Court enters the following findings of fact and conclusions of law.

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