Legal Opinion
Urantia Foundation v. Maaherra
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided February 10, 1995No. Civ. 91-0325 PHX WKUPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON COUNT I FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
URBOM, Senior District Judge.
This cause is before me on the Defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment pursu ant to Rule 56(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The defendant, Kristen Maaherra, asserts that the plaintiffs copyright in The URANTIA Book is invalid and thus her copying of the book’s text 1 is not prohibited.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
The plaintiff, Urantia Foundation, brought this action in part to enjoin the defendant from infringing its copyright to The URAN-TIA…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Urantia Foundation, a Non-Profit Foundation v. Kristen MaaherraCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Urantia Foundation v. MaaherraDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 1995