CHILDRESS v. TAYLOR

No. 87 Civ. 6924 (CSH).

798 F.Supp. 981 (1992)

Alice CHILDRESS, Plaintiff, v. Clarice TAYLOR, Paul B. Berkowsky, the Moms Company, and Ben Caldwell, Defendants.

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

July 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linden and Deutsch, New York City, (David Blasband, Jessica R. Friedman, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Cowan, Leibowitz & Latman, P.C., New York City (Peter Herbert, Alastair McMullan, of counsel), for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HAIGHT, District Judge:

In a Memorandum Opinion and Order dated November 27, 1990, 1990 WL 196013, this Court granted plaintiff Alice Childress summary judgment against defendants Clarice Taylor, Paul B. Berkowsky, The Moms Company and Ben Caldwell on the issue of copyright infringement. That opinion held that a stage play entitled "Moms," subtitled "The First Lady of Comedy," infringed plaintiff's copyrighted play entitled ...

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