Legal Opinion
Peter Starr Production Co. v. Twin Continental Films, Inc. And Gautam Das
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 4, 1986No. 85-5693PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIGGINS, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Peter Starr Production Co. (“Starr”) appeals from the judgment of the district court dismissing its copyright infringement action against Twin Continental Films, Inc. (“Twin”) and Gautam Das, its manager, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a) (1982). Starr contends that the district court erred in concluding as a matter of law that Twin committed no act in the United States that violates United States copyright law and abused its discretion in dismissing the complaint without leave to amend. We reverse and remand,
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