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SUMMER RAIN v. DONNING COMPANY/PUBLISHERS, INC.

Nos. 91-2372, 91-2375.

964 F.2d 1455 (1992)

Mary SUMMER RAIN; Jan Carlton; John Nelson; David A. Cherry; Catherine Ann Lake; Lawrence M. Steinhart; Leonard Chetkin; John James Scialdone; Winter Robinson; Colleen Doran; Jean N. Campbell; Elizabeth Marlow, Plaintiffs Appellees, v. THE DONNING COMPANY/PUBLISHERS, INCORPORATED; Walsworth Publishing, Incorporated; Richard Mull; Donald O. Walsworth; Stanley Hainer, Defendants Appellants, and Schiffer Publishing Limited; Peter B. Schiffer, Defendants. Mary SUMMER RAIN; Jan Carlton; John Nelson; David A. Cherry; Catherine Ann Lake; Lawrence M. Steinhart; Leonard Chetkin; John James Scialdone; Winter Robinson, a/k/a Theresa Winter, a/k/a Theresa Winter Pope; Colleen Doran; Jean N. Campbell; Elizabeth Marlow, a/k/a Mary Elizabeth Marlow, Plaintiffs Appellees, v. SCHIFFER PUBLISHING LIMITED; Peter B. Schiffer, Defendants Appellants, and The Donning Company/Publishers, Incorporated; Walsworth Publishing, Incorporated; Richard Mull; Donald O. Walsworth; Stanley Hainer, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 28, 1992.

As Amended June 23, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brant Mitchell Laue, Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, Kansas City, Mo., argued (Stephen J. Owens, Kansas City, Mo., Stanley G. Barr, Stephen E. Story, Kaufman & Canoles, Conrad M. Shumadine, Willcox & Savage, P.C., Norfolk, Va., on brief), for defendants-appellants.

John Warren Hart, Beaton & Hart, P.C., Virginia Beach, Va., argued (Morris J. Keller, on brief), for plaintiff-appellees.

Before WIDENER and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and WARD, Senior United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.

OPINION

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Appellees are a group of authors (the Authors) who have publishing contracts with the Donning Company. Appellants are Donning, its parent company Walsworth Publishing, Schiffer Publishing, as well as certain officers of Donning and Walsworth, and Schiffer Publishing's CEO, Peter Schiffer (collectively the defendants).

The Authors filed this action in the Eastern District of Virginia. They challenge the Donning Company...

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