Legal Opinion
Gilmer v. Buena Vista Home Video, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Arkansas
Decided August 19, 1996No. Civil 96-5012, 96-5031PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
H. FRANKLIN WATERS, Chief Judge.
These consolidated cases are currently before the court on the defendants’ motion to dismiss and the plaintiffs response thereto. These putative class action cases 1 were filed by Janet Gilmer on behalf of herself and all other similarly situated individuals throughout the United States who have purchased certain home videos, namely “The Lion King,” “The Fox and the Hound,” and “Little Mermaid.”
The plaintiff claims that the video cassettes or the plastic video cassette ease of these three Disney films 2 contain drawings and animated scenes…
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