Legal Opinion
Alveda King Beal v. Paramount Pictures Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 11, 1994No. 92-8902PublishedCited by 193 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
In this copyright infringement case, Alve-da King Beal appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants below, Paramount Pictures Corp. and Eddie Murphy. The court rejected the claim that the movie “Coming to America” violated the copyright in Beal’s adventure novel The Arab Heart. 806 F.Supp. 963 (N.D. Ga.1992). Because we agree with the district court’s conclusions, we affirm.
I. THE WORKS
When called upon to adjudicate a copyright dispute, a court must compare the works in question. See Autoskill, Inc. v. National Educ. Support Sys.,…
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