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AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO. v. MALJACK PRODUCTIONS, INC.

No. 97 C 6510.

34 F.Supp.2d 665 (1998)

AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. MALJACK PRODUCTIONS, INC. d/b/a MPI Media Group and MPI Home Video, an Illinois corporation, Defendant, Maljack Productions, Inc. d/b/a MPI Media Group and MPI Home Video, an Illinois corporation, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. British Broadcasting Corporation, a foreign corporation organized under the law of the United Kingdom, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

December 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Sanders, William A. VanHoene, Jr., Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff.

Craig M. White, John Sheldon Letchinger, Erin Leigh Bishop, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, for defendants/third-party plaintiff.

Robert A. Filpi, Paul F. Stack, Stack, Filpi & Kakacek, Chicago, IL, Nancy J. Felsten, Kay, Collver & Boose LLP, New York City, for third-party defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

COAR, District Judge.

This case involves a dispute over the rights to distribute a home videotape of Princess Diana's funeral services. This action was originally filed by American Broadcasting Company ("ABC"), seeking to enjoin Maljack Productions Inc. ("MPI") from releasing a home videotape containing footage from the funeral services on the ground that the release of the funeral footage would violate the British Broadcasting...

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