SPINELLO v. AMBLIN ENTERTAINMENT

Docket No. B077958.

29 Cal.App.4th 1390 (1994)

34 Cal. Rptr.2d 695

BARRY J. SPINELLO, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. AMBLIN ENTERTAINMENT et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

September 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Leopold, Petrich & Smith, Louis P. Petrich and Patricia Duncan for Defendants and Appellants.

Girardi & Keese, James G. O'Callahan and Joseph C. Maher II for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

VOGEL (Miriam A.), J.

Barry J. Spinello sued Amblin Entertainment, Universal City Studios, Inc., and Steven Spielberg for damages, alleging they had appropriated his ideas and were using them for a new movie. Relying on a written agreement which included an arbitration clause, the defendants moved to compel arbitration. The motion was denied and the defendants appeal. We reverse and remand with directions to grant the motion...

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