Legal Opinion
Michael Queen v. Ed Schultz
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 4, 2014No. 12-7099PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SRINIVASAN, Circuit Judge:
In January 2008, NBC employee Michael Queen approached then-radio talk show host Ed Schultz to ask whether Schultz would be interested in getting into the television business. What happened next is in dispute. Queen says that he and Schultz verbally agreed to become partners in a project to develop a television show starring Schultz as host. Schultz denies any such agreement. Schultz later entered into a contract with the cable television network MSNBC to host “The Ed Show” on weekday evenings, and the show has aired on MSNBC in various timeslots since April 2009.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Steele v. SchaferCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2008
- Carney, Darion M. v. Amer UnivCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
- Judith Barnett v. PA Consulting Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2013
- McCARTHY v. RECORDEX SERVICE, INC.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Blackstone Ex Rel. Estate of Whitley v. BrinkDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
- Ruiz v. Millennium Square Residential AssociationDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016
- Queen v. SchultzDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2015
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