Legal Opinion
Burns v. Imagine Films Entertainment, Inc.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided February 16, 1996No. 92-CV-243SPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION and ORDER
FOSCHIO, United States Magistrate Judge.
JURISDICTION
This matter was referred to the undersigned by the Honorable William M. Skretny on July 15, 1992 for determination of any non-dispositive motions. The matter is presently before the court on Defendants’ motion for reconsideration, filed December 29, 1994.
*596 BACKGROUND and FACTS
Plaintiffs, Terrence Burns, M.D. and John Zoll, commenced this copyright infringement action on April 8, 1992. Plaintiffs, both firefighters, claim that they collaborated on two screenplays about firefighters which they sent to Anthony Yerkovich, a…
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