Legal Opinion
Lou Shaw Eastborne Productions, Inc. v. Richard Lindheim Michael Sloan Universal City Studios, Inc. Columbia Broadcasting Systems McA Television, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 23, 1990No. 88-6677PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALARCON, Circuit Judge:
Lou Shaw and Eastbourne Productions, Inc. (Shaw) appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of Richard Lindheim, Michael Sloan, and three entertainment corporations (defendants). On appeal, Shaw argues that the district court erred in finding that, as a matter of law, there was no substantial similarity between his script entitled “The Equalizer” and defendants’ pilot script for their “Equalizer” television series. Because a reasonable trier of fact could have found that the two works are substantially similar, Shaw argues, the district court erred in dismissing…
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