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GORDON v. WARNER BROS. PICTURES, INC.

Docket No. 31852.

269 Cal.App.2d 31 (1969)

74 Cal. Rptr. 499

GORDON GORDON et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. WARNER BROS. PICTURES, INC., Defendant and Appellant.

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

January 22, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wyman, Bautzer, Finell & Rothman, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Ralph E. Lewis, Charles A. Collier and Charles L. Fonarow for Defendant and Appellant.

George F. Wasson, Jr., for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

MOSS, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment after a jury verdict in the amount of $54,800 in favor of plaintiffs in an action for money damages for the wrongful use by defendant of the title "The FBI Story" in a motion picture produced by defendant.

The motion picture, released in 1959, was based upon a book written by Don Whitehead and first published on November 28, 1956, under the title "The FBI Story" and the subtitle "A Report to the People." The book...

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