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TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORP. v. MCA, INC.

No. CA 80-5868.

715 F.2d 1327 (1983)

TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MCA, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1983.

As Amended May 6, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melville B. Nimmer, Sidley & Austin, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Louis P. Petrich, Youngman, Hungate & Leopold, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before CHAMBERS, GOODWIN and TANG, Circuit Judges.

TANG, Circuit Judge:

Appellants claim that their copyrighted production of the book and motion picture "Star Wars" was infringed by appellees' production of "Battlestar: Galactica." The district court granted appellees' motion for partial summary judgment. We reverse and remand.

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In 1977, Twentieth Century-Fox produced and distributed the motion picture "Star Wars." The commercial success of that venture did not go unnoticed. The following...

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