Legal Opinion
Bernal v. PARADIGM TALENT AND LITERARY AGENCY
District Court, C.D. California
Decided February 22, 2010No. CV 07-6445 SVW (PLAx)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [35] [JS-6]
STEPHEN V. WILSON, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Defendants American Broadcasting Company (“ABC”) and Marc Cherry move for summary judgment against Plaintiff Jill Bernal. Plaintiff claims that the television show Desperate Housewives was copied from Plaintiffs screenplay Homeless. For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motion.
II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Plaintiff completed her screenplay Homeless in 2002, and registered it with the Writer’s Guild of America on November 19, 2002. In order to market her script,…
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