CINEMATECA URUGUAYA v. ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE

No. CV 93-1270-AAH.

826 F.Supp. 323 (1993)

CINEMATECA URUGUAYA, a Uruguayan Organization; Kathy Saavedra, an individual; and Adolfo Aristarain, an individual, Plaintiffs, v. The ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES, an entity of unknown business form, Defendant.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

Nunc Pro Tunc March 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent H. Chieffo, Edward S. Labowitz, P. Kevin Morris, Gipson, Hoffman, & Pancione, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiffs.

John B. Quinn, David W. Quinto, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Oliver, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant.


ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS' REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

HAUK, Senior District Judge.

I. FACTS AND BACKGROUND

On August 20, 1992, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the "Academy") invited Uruguay, along with several other foreign countries, to submit films for consideration for the 1992 Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. In response, the director of Cinemateca Uruguaya ("Cinemateca"), Manuel Martinez...

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