v2806-915

No. 13457

IN THE

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., a corporation, and Al-

fred A. Knopf, Inc., a corporation,

Appellants,

vs.

Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., a corporation;

William Spier; The Wildroot Company, Inc., a

corporation; Regis Radio Corporation; William

Robert Tallman; Giles B. Doud; Joe Eisinger;

Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc., and

Dashiell Hammett,

Appellees.

Appeal From the United States District Court for the

Southern District of California, Central Division.

APPELLANTS' REPLY BRIEF.

Ralph E. Lewis,

Gordon L. Files,

650 South Spring Street,

Los Angeles 14, California,

Attorneys for Appellants. p*

Freston & Files,

Of Counsel. ' M^*^ ^ ^ ^^^^

Parker & Company, Law Printers, Los Angeles. Phone MA. 6-9171.

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