Legal Opinion
Harris v. Simon & Schuster, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 18, 2009No. 08 Civ. 3477PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
Defendants Simon & Schuster, Inc. (“S & S”) and The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“MGH”) (collectively, the “Defendants”) have moved pursuant to Rule 56, Fed.R.Civ.P., for summary judgment dismissing the complaint of plaintiff Steven Michael Harris (“Harris” or the “Plaintiff’) alleging copyright violation by Defendants of the book This is My Trunk (the “Work”) authored by Harris, as well as prevailing party attorneys’ fees. Upon the facts and conclusions set forth below, the motion is denied.
I. PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
The complaint alleging direct and contributory…
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