NASH v. CBS, INC.

No. 86 C 0511.

691 F.Supp. 140 (1988)

Jay Robert NASH, Plaintiff, v. CBS, INC., MCA Television, Universal City Studios, William Whitehead, Harry Butler, Logan Clarke, Bill Dial, Richard Chapman, George Geiger, and Michael Piller, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

July 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin S. Agran, Agran & Agran, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., Harvey C. Gordon, Glenview, Ill., E. Leonard Rubin, William Brinks Olds Hofer Gilson & Lione, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

William G. Schopf, Jr., Schopf & Weiss, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

GRADY, Chief Judge.

This copyright infringement case comes before us on the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment on the issue of whether plaintiff Jay Robert Nash ("Nash") has alleged infringement of "copyrightable" material. We deny the defendants' motion and grant the plaintiff's.

FACTS

Nash has written several copyrighted books in which he claims that John Dillinger, the notorious bank robber, was not shot outside...

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