Legal Opinion
Bassett v. Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center Inc.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 6, 2002No. Civ.A. 3:96 CV 1947(CFD)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
DRONEY, District Judge.
I. Background
The plaintiffs, Debra Bassett (doing business as Bassett Productions) and Bas-sett Entertainment Corporation, bring this action alleging that the defendants violated state and federal law with regard to the joroduction of a film based on the 1636-38 Pequot War. 1 On July 20, 1998, the Court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint. The plaintiffs subsequently appealed, and the Second Circuit affirmed in part, vacated in part, reversed in part, and remanded. See…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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