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WELLMAN v. WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST, INC.

Nos. 96-56549, 96-56601.

146 F.3d 666 (1998)

Wendell WELLMAN, an Individual, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, and Wendell Wellman Productions, a California Corporation, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellee, v. WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST, INC., a California Corporation, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia A. Vroom, Fox & Spillane, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiffs-appellants/cross-appellees.

Julius M. Reich, Reich, Adell, Crost & Cvitan, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee/cross-appellant.

Before: PREGERSON, BEEZER, and HALL, Circuit Judges.

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

Wendell Wellman appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Writers Guild of America (the "Guild") in Wellman's action seeking to obtain damages and to vacate an arbitration award. Guild arbiters awarded screenwriting credit for "Fair Game" to Charlie Fletcher, another screenwriter. Wellman argues that neither the arbiters nor the Guild's Policy Review Board (the "Board") followed Guild procedures...

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