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LEIGH v. WARNER BROS., INC.

No. 99-10087.

212 F.3d 1210 (2000)

Jack LEIGH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WARNER BROTHERS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 25, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Bartley Turner, Savage & Turner, P.C., Savannah, GA, Todd Deveau, Robert J. Gorman, Jr., Deveau, Colton & Marquis, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John David Lange, Steven E. Scheer, Lee, Black, Scheer & Hart, P.C., Savannah, GA, David James Stewart, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before DUBINA, Circuit Judge, KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge, and NESBITT, Senior District Judge.

KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the scope of a photographer's copyright and trademark rights in his work, the role of the court in determining whether images are "substantially similar" for purposes of copyright, and the power of the court to rule on dispositive motions without first allowing broad discovery. Jack Leigh took the now-famous photograph of the Bird Girl statue in Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery that appears on the cover of the best...

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