* Sidney Justin; Ex-Paramount Legal Chief

Sidney Justin, 87, longtime head of Paramount Studio’s legal department who pioneered agreements for independent companies to release programs through a studio. After 31 years with Paramount, where he set up studio distribution for Bob Hope and other celebrities’ groups, Justin opened his own office as a copyright attorney. In 1964, he formed Celebrity Concert Corp., which became sole U. S. representative of Russian classical musicians. On March 31 in Newport Beach of leukemia.