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BERNSTEIN v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY

Nos. 12711, 12712.

232 F.2d 369 (1956)

Charles S. BERNSTEIN, Appellant, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 22, 1956.

Petition for Rehearing Denied April 30, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harry P. Warner, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Edward Genn, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant. Mr. Irving A. Levine, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Messrs. Percy A. Shay and Sidney H. Willner, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, FAHY and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals from a judgment of the District Court, in which that court granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment in two consolidated civil actions for invasion of privacy. Briefly stated the facts are that appellant Bernstein, under the name Charles Harris, was indicted in 1933 for first-degree murder, tried, convicted, and sentenced to be executed. Several persons, including a reporter on The Washington Daily News,

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