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LITCHFIELD v. SPIELBERG

No. 83-6045.

736 F.2d 1352 (1984)

Lisa LITCHFIELD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Steven SPIELBERG; MCA Inc.; Universal City Studios, Inc.; Extra-Terrestrial Productions; Kathleen Kennedy; Ned Tanen; and Melissa Mathison, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Francis Server, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Louis P. Petrich, Youngman, Hugate & Leopold, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT, FERGUSON, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

The issues: (1) Did the producers of the motion picture, E.T., — The Extra Terrestrial, infringe the copyright of a musical play, Lokey from Maldemar, and (2) was summary judgment proper on the issue of substantial similarity?

Litchfield wrote and copyrighted Lokey from Maldemar. Subsequently the defendants produced E.T.

Litchfield sued for copyright infringement, unfair competition...

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