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TRUST CO. BANK v. MGM/UA ENTERTAINMENT CO.

No. 84-8605.

772 F.2d 740 (1985)

TRUST COMPANY BANK as Trustee for Eugene Muse Mitchell and Joseph Reynolds Mitchell under Trust Instruments dated November 5, 1975, and Trust Company Bank, as executor of deceased Stephens Mitchell, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MGM/UA ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 27, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Pennington, Atlanta, Ga., Michael Brourman, Howard I. Friedman, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Gary W. Hatch, Atlanta, Ga., Melville B. Nimmer, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HILL and FAY, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, District Judge.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant/defendant MGM/UA Entertainment Company ("MGM") appeals a district court order, 593 F.Supp. 580, holding that appellees/plaintiffs, not MGM, possess the "sequel rights" to Gone with the Wind. We affirm.

I. FACTS

In 1936, Margaret Mitchell, author of the classic novel Gone with the Wind, entered into a written agreement with Selznick International Pictures,...

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