Legal Opinion

Flynn v. AK Peters, Ltd.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided July 26, 2004No. 03-1676, 03-2294, 03-2348PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, an engineer and writer, brought suit against her publisher for accepting book revisions from her co-author without her consent and for giving a third individual co-authorship credit when she felt that his effort did not merit such credit. After losing her Lanham Act claim at summary judgment, and suffering judgment as a matter of law and an adverse jury verdict on her remaining claims at trial (as well as a judgment against her for attorney’s fees post-trial), Flynn raises a bevy of claims on appeal. We affirm.

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We set forth the background, reserving some of the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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  2. Waldman Publishing Corp. And Playmore Inc., Publishers v. Landoll, Inc., Martin Myers & James LandollCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
  3. Vicki CROSS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Emanuel CLEAVER II, Et Al., Defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
  4. Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Kenneth G. WheelerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by55 opinions

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