WELLES v. TURNER ENTERTAINMENT CO.

No. 05-55742.

488 F.3d 1178 (2007)

Beatrice WELLES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TURNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY; Entertainment Acquisition Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 30, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Ames Brown, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiff-appellant Beatrice Welles.

David W. Quinto, Daryl M. Crone, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees Turner Entertainment Co. and Entertainment Acquisition Co.

Before: JEROME FARRIS and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges, and KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge.


GOULD, Circuit Judge.

Beatrice Welles, the daughter of screenwriter, filmmaker, and actor Orson Welles, filed suit against Turner Entertainment Co., Entertainment Acquisition Co., and other persons not parties to this appeal (collectively, "the defendants"), seeking a declaratory judgment that Beatrice Welles owns the copyright and home video rights to the motion picture Citizen Kane and seeking an accounting of the...

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