Legal Opinion
Irena Narell v. Cynthia Freeman, AKA Bea Fineberg, G.P. Putnam's Sons, Berkeley Publishing Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 17, 1989No. 88-2491PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRIS, Circuit Judge:
Irena Narell appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Cynthia Freeman, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, and Berkeley Publishing in this copyright infringement action. Narell claims that in writing Illusions of Love, Freeman copied substantial portions of Narell’s Our City: The Jews of San Francisco. We affirm the grant of summary judgment.
BACKGROUND
Our City: The Jews of San Francisco, written by Narell, was published in 1981 by Howell-North Books, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oak Tree Publications. The book details the movement of Jewish immigrants from Europe to…
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