Legal Opinion
Burnett v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
District Court, C.D. California
Decided June 4, 2007No. CV 07-01723 DDPPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS
PREGERSON, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation’s (“Fox”) motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim and special motion to strike pursuant to California’s Anti-SLAPP statute. After reviewing the papers submitted by the parties, the Court grants the motion to dismiss, deny the special motion to strike as moot, and adopts the following order.
I. BACKGROUND
Family Guy is a half-hour, animated, comedy television program broadcast on primetime and geared toward an adult audience. Compl. ¶ 10. The…
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