MIDAS PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. BAER

No. CV 76-579-DWW.

437 F.Supp. 1388 (1977)

MIDAS PRODUCTIONS, INC., Plaintiff, v. Max BAER, Jr., Roger Camras, Richard Compton, Samuel Z. Arkoff, American International Pictures and Max Baer Productions, Defendants.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

September 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willard D. Horwich, Willard D. Horwich, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.

Lillick McHose & Charles, Kenneth E. Kulzick, Andrew W. Robertson, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants.


JUDGMENT

DAVID W. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

Plaintiff consists of a group of businessmen-investors, all residing in Tupelo, Mississippi, organized by a physician, who purchased a photoplay script from an amateur author and registered it for protection under § 12 of the Copyright Act on July 15, 1974. The story was called "Rednek Amerika — Love it or . . ." It centered around three young people, one of them black, who were traveling by auto and...

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