Aurora Enterprises, Inc. v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc.

688 F.2d 689 1982-2 Trade Cases 64,956 , 1983 Copr.L.Dec. P 25,516 AURORA ENTERPRISES, INC., a California corporation, and Xanadu Productions, Inc., a California corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., a corporation; NBC International, Ltd., a corporation; National Telefilm Associates, Inc., a corporation; NTA Delaware, Inc., a corporation; NTA Films, Inc., a corporation; NTA (Canada), Ltd., a corporation; Tele-Communications, Inc., a corporation; TCI Programs, Inc., a corporation; and George C. Hatch, an individual, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 81-5948, 82-5001. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 9, 1982. Decided Sept. 23, 1982. William E. Johnson, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. John J. Hanson, Los Angeles, Cal., Dennis McCarthy, Salt Lake City, Utah, argued, for defendants-appellees; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., Richard C. Yarmuth, Seattle, Wash., Henry C. Thumann, and Gregory R. Oxford, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., Vancott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Salt Lake City, Utah, on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of…