Legal Opinion
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Inc. v. Pussycat Cinema, Ltd.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 12, 1979No. 79 Civ. 514PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRIESA, District Judge.
Plaintiff operates a group known as the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Defendants Pussycat Cinema, Ltd. and Zaffarano are alleged to be connected with the production and exhibition of a motion picture entitled “Debbie Does Dallas.”
The action was brought to enjoin the distributing, showing and advertising of this motion picture on the ground of alleged violation of Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), and on other theories.
The action was commenced on January 31, 1979. At that time the only defendant served was Pussycat Cinema, Ltd. A motion for…
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