Legal Opinion
Arden v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 7, 1995No. 95 Civ. 252 (DC)PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
In 1981, plaintiff Leon Arden published a novel, One Fine Day (or the “Novel”), which told the story of a man trapped in a repeating day, forced to live the same day over and over. Some twelve years later, defendants Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Danny Rubin, Harold Ramis, and Trevor Albert released their film “Groundhog Day” (or the “Film”), which also featured a man caught in a repeating day.
Plaintiff brought this action alleging that in making the Film defendants copied certain elements of the Novel, including the plot, mood, characters, pace, setting, and…
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