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TOWLER v. SAYLES

No. 94-1147.

76 F.3d 579 (1996)

Virginia L. TOWLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John SAYLES; Atchafalaya Films, Incorporated; Esperanza, Incorporated; Miramax Film Corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and SCS Communications, Incorporated, Defendant, Tracy Strain, Party in Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James Phillip Chandler, III, Chandler & Robertson, Washington, DC, for Appellants. Michael Dennis Sullivan, Ross, Dixon & Masback, Washington, DC, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Elizabeth C. Koch, Jay Ward Brown, Ross, Dixon & Masback, Washington, DC, for Appellees.

Before MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by published opinion. Senior Judge BUTZNER wrote the opinion, in which Judge MURNAGHAN and Senior Judge PHILLIPS joined.

OPINION

BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:

In an action for infringement of copyright, Virginia Towler appeals from the district court's grant of judgment as a matter of law to John Sayles, Atchafalaya Films, Inc., Esperanza, Inc., and Miramax Film Corporation. Because we find that Towler did not present sufficient evidence...

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