Legal Opinion
Leigh v. Warner Brothers, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 25, 2000No. 99-10087PublishedCited by 259 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns the scope of a photographer’s copyright and trademark rights in his work, the role of the court in determining whether images are “substantially similar” for purposes of copyright, and the power of the court to rule on dispositive motions without first allowing broad discovery. Jack Leigh took the now-famous photograph of the Bird Girl statue in Savannah’s Bonaventure Cemetery that appears on the cover of the bestselling novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Warner Brothers made a film version of the novel and used images of the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- E. Remy Martin & Co., S.A. v. Shaw-Ross International Imports, Inc., and Roger Myers D/B/A F. Remy & CieCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Alveda King Beal v. Paramount Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
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