United States of America, and Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Gulf and Western Industries, Inc., McA Inc., Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation and Warner Communications, Inc., Witnesses/appellants v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., United States of America, and Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Gulf and Western Industries, Inc., McA Inc., Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation and Warner Communications, Inc., Witnesses/appellants v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

666 F.2d 364 1982-1 Trade Cases 64,492 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, and Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Gulf and Western Industries, Inc., MCA, Inc., Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation and Warner Communications, Inc., Witnesses/Appellants, v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., Defendant/Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, and Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Gulf and Western Industries, Inc., MCA, Inc., Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation and Warner Communications, Inc., Witnesses/Appellants, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., Defendant/Appellee. Nos. 80-5345, 80-5346. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 6, 1981. Decided Jan. 22, 1982. Ronald L. Olson, Los Angeles, Cal., argued, Nancy Y. Bekavac, Munger, Tolles & Rickershauser, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief, for Columbia Pictures. Daniel H. Margolis, Washington, D. C., argued, Bergson, Borkland, Margolis & Adler, Washington, D. C., George Vradenburg, III, Robert S. Rifkind, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, on brief, for CBS. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before GOODWIN, NELSON and…