Lugosi v. Universal Pictures

25 Cal.3d 813 (1979)

603 P.2d 425

160 Cal. Rptr. 323

BELA GEORGE LUGOSI et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,

v.

UNIVERSAL PICTURES, Defendant and Appellant.

Docket No. L.A. 30824.

Supreme Court of California.

December 3, 1979.

COUNSEL

Irwin O. Spiegel for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Grossman & Shames and Harvey M. Grossman as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Robert L. Wilson for Defendant and Appellant.

Rosenfield, Meyer & Susman, H. Mitchell Gould and Jeffrey L. Nagin as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

OPINION

THE COURT.

We granted a hearing in this case in order to…