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BEAL v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP.

No. 92-8902.

20 F.3d 454 (1994)

Alveda King BEAL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 11, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alveda King Beal, pro se.

Earline Smith-Montgomery, Atlanta, GA, for appellant.

June Ann Sanders, Nicholas Nathaniel Leach, Lesley G. Carroll, Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, GA, for appellees.

Before ANDERSON and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and SCHLESINGER, District Judge.

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

In this copyright infringement case, Alveda King Beal appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants below, Paramount Pictures Corp. and Eddie Murphy. The court rejected the claim that the movie "Coming to America" violated the copyright in Beal's adventure novel The Arab Heart. 806 F.Supp. 963 (N.D. Ga.1992). Because we...

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