Legal Opinion
Hooker v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 6, 1982No. 82 C 2074PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KOCORAS, District Judge:
Plaintiff is a professional woodcarver from Woodstock, Illinois. Examining the host of exhibits appended to the affidavit which he has submitted, it appears that while plaintiff does carve other birds, he specializes in ducks. Plaintiff’s ducks are of the highest quality. Some of them are described as “exquisite” and sell for a great deal of money. Plaintiff’s Affidavit, Exhibits 1, 4. Plaintiff’s name is T.J. Hooker. He runs a business by the same name producing ducks and other wooden creatures. Among aficianados of such art, plaintiff and his ducks…
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