CLASSIC MEDIA, INC. v. MEWBORN

Nos. 06-55385, 06-55704.

532 F.3d 978 (2008)

CLASSIC MEDIA, INC., Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellee, v. Winifred Knight MEWBORN, Defendant-counter-claimant-Appellant. Classic Media, Inc., Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellant, v. Winifred Knight Mewborn, Defendant-counter-claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 11, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc Toberoff (argued), Nicholas C. Williamson, Law Offices of Marc Toberoff, PLC, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-counterclaimant/appellant-cross-appellee.

Bonnie E. Eskenazi, Aaron J. Moss (argued), Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-counterclaimant defendant/appellee-cross-appellant.

Before: FERDINAND F. FERNANDEZ and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges, and RANER C. COLLINS, District Judge.


WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

Winifred Knight Mewborn ("Mewborn"), daughter of Eric Knight, the author of the world-famous children's story and novel, Lassie Come Home (collectively, the "Lassie Works"), appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Classic Media, Inc. ("Classic") and denial of Mewborn's partial summary judgment motion. Each party sought declaratory relief as to their respective copyright interests in the Lassie Works, works...

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