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WHARTON v. COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC.

Civ. No. Y-95-2539.

907 F.Supp. 144 (1995)

Darryl Lamont WHARTON v. COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC. et al.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

December 12, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norris C. Ramsey; Joseph Alexander Boston, III; and Donna Comegys, Baltimore, Maryland, for Plaintiff.

Nell B. Strachan and Nathan Siegel, Baltimore, Maryland, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOSEPH H. YOUNG, Senior District Judge.

Darryl Wharton filed suit in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City alleging that Defendants plagiarized his screenplay "Caught Out There" to make the screenplay and movie "Higher Learning." Defendants removed the case to federal court and now seek dismissal of Wharton's state law claims. In response, Wharton seeks remand of the case to state court.

In 1989 Wharton allegedly created...

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