Lake v. Columbia Broadcasting System
Decision Date | 05 January 1956 |
Docket Number | No. 1725.,1725. |
Court | U.S. District Court — Southern District of California |
Parties | Stuart N. LAKE, Plaintiff, v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, Inc., a corporation, et al., Defendants. |
Jack L. Oatman, Wm. H. Macomber, San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff.
Lillick, Geary & McHose, Wm. A. C. Roethke, Lloyd E. Blanpied, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants.
This cause having come before the Court for hearing on defendants' motion filed May 2, 1955, to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, Fed.R.Civ.Proc. Rule 12(b), 28 U.S.C.; and the motion having been argued and submitted for decision; and it appearing to the Court:
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