Legal Opinion
Jason v. Fonda
District Court, C.D. California
Decided September 21, 1981No. CV 79-4723-RJK (Kx)PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
KELLEHER, District Judge.
This is an action for copyright infringement, unfair competition, misappropriation, and implied contract, brought by plaintiff Sonya Jason against the producers and broadcasters of the motion picture “Coming Home.” The action was filed on December 6, 1979. Defendants are Jane Fonda, Bruce Gilbert, Jerome Heilman, Jerome Heilman Enterprises, Nancy Dowd, Robert C. Jones, Waldo Salt, United Artists Corporation, and National Broadcasting Company. Plaintiff claims that defendants infringed her copyright in a book entitled “Concomitant…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Nichols v. Universal Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Wham-O-Mfg. Co., a Corporation v. Paradise Manufacturing Co., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Helen Walker v. University Books, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Becker v. Loew's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
- Ray Bradbury v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., a Corporation Martin Manulis and Robert Alan AurthurCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- John William See v. Christopher Durang and L.A. Stage CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Lou Shaw Eastborne Productions, Inc. v. Richard Lindheim Michael Sloan Universal City Studios, Inc. Columbia Broadcasting Systems McA Television, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Litchfield v. SpielbergCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Art Attacks Ink, LLC v. MGA Entertainment Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
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