SOUTH-WESTERN PUB. CO. v. SIMONS

Nos. 79-3035, 79-3034.

651 F.2d 653 (1981)

SOUTH-WESTERN PUBLISHING COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harry SIMONS, Defendant-Appellant. Harry SIMONS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTH-WESTERN PUBLISHING CO., a corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1981.

As Amended September 30, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell N. Reinis, Reinis & Fink, Beverly Hills, Cal., for Harry Simons.

Neil M. Soltman, Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for South-Western Pub.; Ralph W. Dau, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief.

Before GOODWIN and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges, and MURPHY, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 16, 1981.

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

FACTS

Harry Simons, an author, appeals from a judgment dismissing his copyright infringement action, and holding him in breach of a contract with his publisher, South-Western Publishing Co. We affirm.

In 1941, Simons, then a young U.C.L.A. professor, agreed with South-Western Publishing to prepare an accounting textbook. He wrote the book in collaboration with...

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