FOLLOWAY PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. MAURER

No. 77-2470.

603 F.2d 72 (1979)

FOLLOWAY PRODUCTIONS, INC., Appellant, v. David W. MAURER and Charles C. Thomas, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 1979.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing September 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Stephen Duke, Beverly Hills, Cal., for appellant.

J. Kirk Wood, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellees; Hill, Farrer & Burrill, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief.

Louis P. Petrich, Youngman, Hungate & Leopold, Los Angeles, Cal., for Universal City Studios, Inc., amicus curiae.

Before HUFSTEDLER and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and CALLISTER, District Judge.


HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:

Followay Productions, Inc. ("Followay") appeals from an order dismissing its copyright infringement action on the ground that the action could not proceed in the absence of the copyright owner, Maurer, an indispensable party over whom jurisdiction could not be obtained. Followay contends that the district court erred in refusing to join Maurer as an involuntary plaintiff under Independent Wireless...

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