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ROBINSON v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES

No. 2101.

328 F.Supp. 421 (1970)

James W. ROBINSON et al., Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Kentucky, Lexington Division.

June 1, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stoll, Keenon & Park, Lexington, Ky., for plaintiffs.

Harbison, Kessinger, Lisle & Bush, Lexington, Ky., for defendants ABC and NBC.

Gess, Mattingly, Saunier & Atchison, Lexington, Ky., for defendant CBS.

Bleakley, Platt, Schmidt, Hart & Fritz, New York City, for movant National Tuberculosis & Respiratory Disease Association.

OPINION

NEESE, District Judge (by designation):

This is an action by representative members of a class1 of growers of burley tobacco within the commonwealth of Kentucky. The plaintiffs seek to invoke herein the original jurisdiction of this Court in a suit of a civil nature, cognizable as a case in equity,2 where the matter in controversy exceeds the sum of $10,000, exclusive of interest and costs...

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