Legal Opinion
Green v. Hendrickson Publishers, Inc.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided July 20, 2001No. 79A02-0009-CV-603PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DARDEN, Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Jay Green, Sr. and Mary Green (collectively the "Greens") bring this interlocutory appeal from the trial court's entry of a judgment dismissing portions of their counterclaim in an action initiated by Hen-drickson Publishers, Inc. 1
We reverse.
ISSUE
Whether the trial court erred by dismissing portions of the Greens' counterclaim because the claims require reference to copyright law and are preempted.
FACTS
In January 1985, the Greens entered into an agreement with Hendrickson whereby Hendrickson would publish various materials the Greens purportedly…
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