Legal Opinion
Rainey v. Wayne State University
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided August 26, 1998No. 97-CV-60152-AAPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
STEEH, District Judge.
This copyright infringement action arises out of defendants’ alleged unauthorized use of three of plaintiffs paintings in a brochure distributed at the 1997 North American Auto Show. Plaintiffs six-count complaint alleges federal claims under the Copyright Act and the Lanham Act and related state law claims. Defendants have moved to dismiss plaintiffs state law claims for breach of fiduciary duty (Count III), intentional infliction of emotional distress (Count IV), and unjust enrichment (Count VI), 1 on the grounds that these claims are preempted by…
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