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TOMLIN v. WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS

Docket No. 37302.

18 Cal.App.3d 226 (1971)

96 Cal. Rptr. 118

PINKY TOMLIN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS, Defendant and Respondent.

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

June 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hillel Chodos for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Arthur S. Katz as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Hill, Farrer & Burrill, William S. Scully, Jr., Stanley E. Tobin and E. MacAmos, Jr., for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

COMPTON, J.

In 1937, Pinky Tomlin (hereinafter referred to as Tomlin) wrote and subsequently performed a copyrighted song entitled "The Love Bug Will Bite You (If You Don't Watch Out)."

In that same year Tomlin entered into a standard type contract with a music publisher whereby he assigned his rights in the composition to the publisher in return for royalties. Said contract was renewed in 1964. Neither the original...

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