METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER v. SHOWCASE ATLANTA CO-OP. PROD.

Civ. A. No. C79-1766A.

479 F.Supp. 351 (1979)

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC., the Macmillan Company, Inc., Stephens Mitchell and Trust Company Bank as Trustee for Eugene Muse Mitchell and Joseph Reynolds Mitchell, Plaintiffs, v. SHOWCASE ATLANTA COOPERATIVE PRODUCTIONS, INC., d/b/a Showcase Cabaret, Plump Bess Productions, Inc., Thomas William Edwards and Kimberley Dobbs, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

October 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Rodgers Lunsford, III and Julius R. Lunsford, Jr., of Beveridge, DeGrandi, Kline & Lunsford, Paul H. Anderson, Jr., Mitchell, Clarke, Pate, Anderson & Wimberly, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs.

Anthony B. Askew and Eugene S. Zimmer of Jones, Thomas & Askew, James C. Rawls, of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

EVANS, District Judge.

The present action, involving alleged copyright infringement, claims of unfair competition and alleged violation of the Anti-Dilution Statute and the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act is before the Court on Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction.

Plaintiffs have various respective rights or interests in Margaret Mitchell's copyrighted novel, Gone With The Wind, and works derived from that...

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