COURIER TIMES, INC., Calkins Newspapers, Incorporated and Burlington Times, Inc.,
v.
UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE, INC., Appellant in No. 501, and Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc., Appellants in No. 523 and Eugene L. Roberts, Jr.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 10, 1982.
Filed May 21, 1982.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Phillip A. Proger, Washington, D.C., and Stephen Wales Armstrong, Philadelphia, for appellant (at No. 501) and for appellee (at No. 523).
Gregory M. Harvey, Philadelphia, for Courier, et al., appellees.
Samuel E. Klein, Philadelphia, for Philadelphia Newspapers, appellant (at No. 523) and for appellee (at No. 501).
Before WICKERSHAM, CIRILLO and LIPEZ, JJ.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
LIPEZ, Judge:
This appeal is from an order granting a preliminary injunction1, which decrees that, pending the outcome of the three plaintiff newspapers' request for a permanent injunction, defendant United Feature Syndicate, Inc. (United) must specifically perform an alleged one-year oral contract permitting the plaintiff newspapers to publish the popular comic strip, "Peanuts." Separate appeals were filed by United and by defendant Philadelphia...
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