ESQUIVEL v. ARAU

No. CV 95-6551 WJR (Mcx).

913 F.Supp. 1382 (1996)

Laura ESQUIVEL, Plaintiff, v. Alfonso ARAU, Arau Films International S.A. de C.V., Cinema Chocolate S.A. de C.V., Atracciones Polifemo S.A. de C.V., and Seventh Dimension Entertainment Company, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

January 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Garbus (pro hac vice), Maura Wogan (pro hac vice), Frankfurt, Garbus, Klein & Selz, P.C., New York City, Carol E. Handler, Dana Milmeister, Alschuler, Grossman & Pines, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff Laura Esquivel.

Lawrence M. Harnett (pro hac vice) and Eric L. Gilioli (pro hac vice), Marks & Murase L.L.P., New York City, Matthew E. Digby, Craig L. Sheldon, Marks & Murase, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for defendants Alfonso Arau, et al.


OPINION AND ORDER

REA, District Judge.

Defendants have brought a motion for a stay of proceedings and an award of costs pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(d). The matter came on regularly for a hearing before the Court on January 22, 1996. Having considered the motion, the papers filed in support thereof and in opposition thereto, the oral argument of counsel, and the file in the case, the Court now makes the following decision.

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