CBS, INC. v. PRIMETIME 24 JOINT VENTURE

No. 96-3650-CIV.

76 F.Supp.2d 1333 (1998)

CBS, 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.

July 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Michael Rogero, Akerman Senterfitt & Eidson, Miami, FL, Lawrence A. Kasten, Gary Wilson, Thomas P. Olson, Natacha Steimer, James Wrathall, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, Jonathan C. Drimmer, 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.

Natacha Steimer, James Wrathall, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, Neil K. Roman, Jonathan R. Galst, Michael X. Imbroscio, Jay T. Smith, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for CBS Television Affiliates Association, Post-Newsweek Stations Florida Inc., KPAX Communications, Inc., LWWI Broadcasting, Inc., Retlaw Enterprises, Inc.

David Michael Rogero, Akerman Senterfitt & Eidson, Miami, FL, for ABC, Inc., ABC Television Affiliates Association, FBC Television Affiliates, National Broadcasting Company, NBC Television Affiliates.

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

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


ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

NESBITT, District Judge.

This cause comes before the Court upon Defendant PrimeTime 24 Joint Venture's Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment, filed October 6, 1997 (D.E.# 167).

BACKGROUND

This action involves an infringement dispute over Plaintiffs'1 exclusive rights in copyrighted network television programs. Plaintiffs CBS, Inc. ("CBS"), and Fox Broadcasting...

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