Legal Opinion
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences v. Benson
California Supreme Court
Decided July 22, 1940No. L. A. 16700PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShenk, J.
In this action for injunctive relief the trial court sustained the defendant’s demurrer to the complaint without leave to amend, and denied a motion for leave to file a proffered amended complaint. Prom the judgment of dismissal which followed the plaintiff has appealed.
The proposed amended complaint alleged:
That the plaintiff, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is a nonprofit California corporation organized in May, 1927, with its principal place of business in Hollywood; that its purposes are to represent and coordinate the various branches of the motion picture industry in their…
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