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WENDT v. HOST INTERN., INC.

No. 96-55243.

125 F.3d 806 (1997)

George WENDT, an individual; John Ratzenberger, an individual, Plaintiffs-Appellants. v. HOST INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation; Defendant-Appellee, and Paramount Pictures Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Pash, Kinsella, Boesch, Fujikawa & Towle, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

William T. Rintala, Rintala, Smoot, Jaenicke & Rees, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees.

Robert S. Chapman, Greenberg, Glusker, Fields, Claman & Machtinger, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-intervenor.

Before: FLETCHER and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and JENKINS, District Judge.

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Actors George Wendt and John Ratzenberger appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Host International, Inc. ("Host") and applicant in intervention Paramount Pictures Corporation ("Paramount"), dismissing their action for violations of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), and California's statutory and common law right of publicity. We reverse.

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