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LEVITCH v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.

No. 78 Civ. 4264 (KTD).

495 F.Supp. 649 (1980)

Joel LEVITCH et al., Plaintiffs, v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

July 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, New York City, for plaintiffs; Eric M. Lieberman, Jules Lobel, Ellen J. Winner, Emily M. Bass, New York City, of counsel.

Lewis Kornhauser, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for defendant, CBS, Inc.; Robert S. Rifkind, Robert D. Joffe, Jeffrey S. Facter, John D. Appel, Ralph E. Goldberg, Allen Y. Shaklan, Francesca Macartney Beale, New York City, of counsel.

Cahill Gordon & Reindel, Jay E. Gerber, Associate Gen. Counsel, Stephen F. Stander, Asst. Gen. Atty., New York City, for defendant National Broadcasting Co., Inc.; Floyd Abrams, Robert Usadi, Dean Ringel, New York City, of counsel.

Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, New York City, for defendant American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.; Philip R. Forlenza, W. Cullen MacDonald, June R. Grasso, New York City, of counsel.

Bergson, Borkland, Margolis & Adler, Washington, D. C. for defendant American Broadcasting, Inc. & WABC-T.V.

OPINION

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge:

This action was commenced by 26 independent film producers and directors against the three national broadcasting networks, Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. ["CBS"], the National Broadcasting Company, Inc. ["NBC"], and the American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. ["ABC"], [hereinafter collectively referred to as the "network defendants"], and their New York licensed television stations, WCBS, WNBC and WABC, [hereinafter...

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