Legal Opinion

Novak v. National Broadcasting Co., Inc.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided December 5, 1990No. 88 Civ. 5380 (RWS)PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

Defendants National Broadcasting Company, Inc., NBC Productions, Inc., Brandon Tartikoff, Broadway Video, Inc., Lome Mi-chaels, Dinah Minot, and Don Novello (collectively, the “NBC Defendants”) have moved for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56 of the outstanding copy right infringement claims of plaintiffs pro se E.J. Novak and Debra Studer’s (“Novak and Studer”). For the reasons set forth below, the NBC Defendants’ motion for summary judgment is granted.

The Parties

Novak is a writer, producer, performer, show business historian and lecturer, and former…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Quinn v. Syracuse Model Neighborhood Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
  5. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,005 State Teachers Retirement Board v. Fluor Corporation and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by23 opinions

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  3. Tisi v. PatrickDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2000
  4. Novak v. National Broadcasting Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1991
  5. O'KEEFE v. Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2008

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