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EVENING NEWS ASS'N v. PETERSON

Civ. A. No. 79-2068.

477 F.Supp. 77 (1979)

The EVENING NEWS ASSOCIATION, d/b/a the Evening News Association, Inc., Licensee of Station WDVM-TV, Plaintiff, v. Gordon PETERSON, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 7, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon W. Hatheway, Jr., William O. Bittman, James K. Jackson, Pierson, Ball & Dowd, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Daniel B. Jordan, Cafferky, Powers, Jordan & Lewis, Washington, D. C., Howard L. Ganz, New York City, Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BARRINGTON D. PARKER, District Judge:

The question presented in this litigation is whether a contract of employment between an employee and the owner and licensee of a television station, providing for the employee's services as a newscaster-anchorman, was assigned when the station was sold and acquired by a new owner and licensee.

Plaintiff Evening News Association (Evening News) a Michigan Corporation, acquired station WDVM-TV...

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