SEGAL v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES

Civ. A. No. 92-3808.

841 F.Supp. 146 (1993)

Samuel SEGAL, Plaintiff, v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

December 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Lyons, Mammuth & Lewinter, Bala Cynwyd, PA, for plaintiff.

Samuel Segal, pro se.

Kell M. Damsgaard, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, Leslie Gordon Fagen, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM

ROBRENO, District Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action against defendants for alleged copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 501. The Court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1338. Defendants have moved for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, I will grant defendants' motion.

I. BACKGROUND

In June 1983, at age 22, plaintiff Samuel Segal ("Segal") submitted a screenplay to an executive...

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