ALEXANDER v. CHESAPEAKE, POTOMAC, AND TIDEWATER BOOKS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 98-1595-A.

60 F.Supp.2d 544 (1999)

John ALEXANDER d/b/a Alexander & Company and Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Plaintiffs and Counter-Defendants, v. CHESAPEAKE, POTOMAC, AND TIDEWATER BOOKS, INC. d/b/a The Washington Book Trading Company and G. Paul Modrak, Defendants and Counter-Plaintiffs.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

August 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell J. Gaspar, Cohen, Mohr, LLP, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

Scott A. Zebrak, Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, LLP, Washington, DC, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

This action arises out of a dispute over the rights to publish John Alexander's books of Washington, D.C., ghost stories. Plaintiffs Alexander and Schiffer Publishing, his current publisher, brought claims of copyright infringement, breach of contract, interference with contractual relations, and unjust enrichment against Alexander's former publisher, Chesapeake, Potomac, and Tidewater Books, Inc. (doing business...

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