VALENTE-KRITZER VIDEO v. PINCKNEY

No. 88-6247.

881 F.2d 772 (1989)

VALENTE-KRITZER VIDEO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Callan PINCKNEY; Callan Productions Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evan S. Cohen, Cohen and Luckenbacher, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

James L. Seal, Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before SNEED, REINHARDT and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges.


SNEED, Circuit Judge:

Valente-Kritzer Video (VKV) appeals from the grant of summary judgment in favor of Callan Pinckney and Callan Production Company (hereinafter collectively referred to as Pinckney) on the grounds that VKV's causes of action were preempted by § 204 and § 301 of the Copyright Act of 1976. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I.

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