STYNE v. STEVENS

No. S086787.

109 Cal.Rptr.2d 14 (2001)

26 Cal.4th 42

26 P.3d 343

Norton STYNE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Connie STEVENS et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

July 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Barry B. Langberg, Deborah Drooz and Michael J. Niborski, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Rosoff, Schiffres & Barta, Howard L. Rosoff, Los Angeles; Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, Patricia L. Glaser and Elizabeth G. Chilton, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents.

Geffner & Bush, Leo Geffner, Ira L. Gottlieb, Burbank, and Steven K. Ury for the Directors Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild, Writers Guild of America and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


BAXTER, J.

Sections 1700 to 1700.47 of the Labor Code (hereafter sometimes the Talent Agencies Act, or Act)1 regulate "`[t]alent agenc[ies]'" (§ 1700.4, subd. (a))—persons or corporations that procure professional "employment or engagements" (ibid.) for creative or performing "artists" (ibid.) in the entertainment media, including theater, movies, radio, and television (id., subd. (b)). One must have a...

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