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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 J

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

^L Dashiell Hammett,

^p Appellees.

Appeal From the United States District Court, Southern

District of California, Central Division.

APPELLANTS' OPENING BRIEF.

Ralph E. Lewis,

Gordon L. Files,

650 South Spring Street,

Los Angeles 14, California,

Attorneys for Appellants.

reston & Files, ^

Of Counsel.

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

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