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Unfair Competition - Unauthorized Broadcasts Of Baseball Games, Michigan Law Review
Unfair Competition - Unauthorized Broadcasts Of Baseball Games, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
The Pittsburgh Athletic Club sold to sponsors the exclusive right to broadcast the home baseball games of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The sponsors contracted with the National Broadcasting Corporation for the use of two stations. Station KQV, knowing of this arrangement, posted observers on leased premises outside and overlooking the ball park and proceeded to broadcast play-by-play accounts of the games. Each admission ticket contained a stipulation that the holder was not to transmit or aid in transmitting reports of the games outside the park. The athletic club, the sponsors, and the N.B.C. jointly brought an action for an injunction against …
Municipal Corporations - Liability To Abutting Property Owner For Negligence In Spraying Trees On Highway, Arthur A. Greene Jr.
Municipal Corporations - Liability To Abutting Property Owner For Negligence In Spraying Trees On Highway, Arthur A. Greene Jr.
Michigan Law Review
The defendant, a municipal corporation, used a poison spray on the trees on the highway under the authority and express duty of certain statutes that declared browntail moths and other insects a nuisance. This was done in such a manner that a part of the spray fell on the abutting land of the plaintiff, and caused the death of her poultry. The plaintiff instituted this action, relying on two counts, one alleging negligence and the other alleging an unreasonable use of the highway. Held, that the plaintiff could not recover on the first count because the abatement of this …