Gang v. Hughes, Rko

218 F.2d 432 Martin GANG, Appellant, v. Howard R. HUGHES, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Carl Byoir and Associates, a New York Corporation, Hughes Tool Company, a Texas Corporation, et al., Appellees. No. 13828. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. December 27, 1954. Milton A. Rudin, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant. Bautzer, Grant, Youngman & Silbert, Beverly Hills, Cal., Wright, Wright, Green & Wright, Loyd Wright, Loyd Wright, Jr., Thomas A. Slack, Los Angeles, Cal., Raymond O. Cook, Houston, Tex., for appellees. Before STEPHENS and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges, and McLAUGHLIN, District Judge. CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge. 1 Martin Gang, plaintiff-appellant, is a lawyer who has practiced in Los Angeles County, California, for some twenty-seven years. The defendants-appellees are citizens of states other than California. It seems fair here to characterize Howard Hughes, president of Hughes Tool Company, as the principal defendant. Hughes Tool and RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., companies in which Hughes is substantially interested, are other defendants. Also, another defendant is Carl Byoir and Associates, a corporate public relations firm alleged to be…