Tralins v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.

R. DORSEY WATKINS, District Judge.

The amended complaint in this case claims $1,000,000 damages for alleged infringement by the defendants of the copyright of the plaintiff in and to a book entitled “Corporal Glory”. The defendant, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, was a sponsor of a broadcast through the facilities of the National Broadcasting Company, of which the defendant, Hearst Radio, trading as WBAL TV, was an outlet. The broadcast, entitled “Army Game”, was allegedly written by defendants Loring Mandell and Mayo Simon, and produced by the defendants, Worthington Miner and…