Legal Opinion
Frank Music Corp. v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 27, 1989No. Nos. 87-6257, 87-6321PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
In Frank Music Corp. v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., 772 F.2d 505 (9th Cir.1985) (Frank Music I), we affirmed the district court’s holding that defendants infringed plaintiffs’ copyright in the dramati-co-musical play Kismet, but remanded for reconsideration of the amount of profits attributable to the infringement and for consideration of whether defendants Donn Arden and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (MGM, Inc.) should be liable in addition to MGM Grand Hotel, Inc. (MGM Grand). On remand, the district court awarded plaintiffs $343,724 against MGM Grand, dismissed the…
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