Legal Opinion
Gene Miller v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 23, 1981No. 78-3772PublishedCited by 208 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
A sensational kidnapping, committed over a decade ago, furnishes the factual backdrop for this copyright infringement suit. The issue is whether a made-for-television movie dramatizing the crime infringes upon a copyrighted book depicting the unsuccessful ransom attempt. After careful and lengthy study and consideration, we conclude that the verdict for plaintiff must be reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial because at the request of plaintiff and over defendants’ objection, the case was presented and argued to the jury on a false premise: that the labor of…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- International News Service v. Associated PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Wilma Virginia Ferguson v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. SaronySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Frank Coughlin, Padre Concrete Corporation, A. W. Van Cleave, Jr. And Allied Crushed Stone Company v. Capitol Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by208 opinions
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- Willard Rushing and Patricia Rushing v. Kansas City Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Darrell Taylor, D/B/A Darrell Taylor Topographic Charts v. Joseph B. Meirick, D/B/A Lakes IllustratedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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