Legal Opinion
Thomas Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., David Susskind, Gill Champion, Martin Richards and Heywood Gould
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 7, 1986No. 518, Docket 85-7690PublishedCited by 329 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Chief Judge:
Plaintiff Thomas Walker, author of the book “Fort Apache,” appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, David N. Edelstein, J., granting summary judgment for defendants in plaintiffs copyright action against Time Life Films, Inc., David Susskind, Gill Champion and Martin Richards, producers of the film “Fort Apache: The Bronx,” and Heywood Gould, the film’s screenwriter. The district court held as a matter of law that the book and the film were not substantially similar in their copyrightable aspects, 615 F.Supp. 430.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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