DENKER v. UHRY

Nos. 91 Civ. 0076(MBM), 91 Civ. 0077(MBM).

820 F.Supp. 722 (1992)

Henry DENKER, Plaintiff, v. Alfred UHRY, Warner Bros. Inc., the Zanuck Company, Richard D. Zanuck, Driving Miss Daisy Productions, United Artist Theater Circuit, Inc., Cineplex Odeon Corporation, American Multi-Cinema, Inc., General Cinema Corporation, Loew's Theatre Mngmnt. Corporation, and City Cinemas Corp., Defendants. Henry DENKER, Plaintiff, v. Alfred UHRY, Playwrights Horizons, Inc., the Daisy Company, Ivy Properties, Ltd., Jane Harmon, Nina Keneally, Richard Frankel, Gene Wolsk, Alan M. Shore, and Susan S. Myerberg, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

December 8, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin L. Wulf, Lawrence S. Levine, Helen D. Reavis, Beldock Levine & Hoffman, New York City, for plaintiff.

Stephen F. Huff, Brad D. Rose, Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn, New York City, for defendants in 91 Civ. 0076.

Jay Cohen, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for defendants in 91 Civ. 0077.


OPINION AND ORDER

MUKASEY, District Judge.

In these copyright infringement actions, plaintiff Henry Denker, author of the novel Horowitz and Mrs. Washington and the play of the same title, sues defendant Alfred Uhry, author of the play Driving Miss Daisy and the screenplay of the same title, and others involved in the production and distribution of the play and film versions of Driving Miss Daisy. Defendants have moved jointly for summary...

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