Legal Opinion
Faris v. Enberg
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 27, 1979No. Civ. 54583PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ROTHMAN, J. *
Background
The developer of an idea for a television sports quiz show (Edgar C. Paris) sued'a television sports'announcer (Richárd Enberg) and others in two separate actions for appropriating his idea and producing a sports quiz show based upon it. This appeal follows the granting of defendants’ motion for summary judgment in the trial court. We affirm the judgment.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Stanley v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1950
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