Legal Opinion
Pawelek v. Paramount Studios Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 27, 1983No. 83 C 5109, 83 C 5487PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, District Judge.
Anne Pawelek (“Pawelek”) has filed each of these lawsuits as a purported class action against Paramount Studios Corporation, its Chairman Barry Diller and all other Paramount “owners and executives” (collectively “Paramount” in the singular). Both suits share a single gravamen: the claimed impropriety of Paramount’s inclusion of “Polish jokes” in its motion picture “Flash-dance.” 1 Paramount has now moved pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. (“Rule”) 12(b)(6) to dismiss each of Pawelek’s pro se Complaints (collectively the “Complaint” in the singular)…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Alvera M. Aldabe v. Charles D. AldabeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 610 v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Public Finance Corp. v. DavisIllinois Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Ceasar Gaiters, Jr. v. Loretta LynnCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
- Lerch v. BoyerDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1996
- Lovelace v. WhitneyDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1988
- Dotson v. Mountain Mission School, Inc.District Court, W.D. Virginia · 1984
- Larsen v. LarsenDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1987
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