FOXCROFT PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC

No. B303161.

76 Cal.App.5th 1119 (2022)

FOXCROFT PRODUCTIONS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Eight.

Filed March 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burkhalter Kessler Clement & George, Alton G. Burkhalter , Daniel J. Kessler , Keith E. Butler ; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Robert A. Olson and Alana H. Rotter for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

O'Melveny & Myers, Daniel M. Petrocelli , Timothy B. Heafner ; Hueston Hennigan, Robert N. Klieger and Rajan S. Trehan for Defendant and Appellant.


OPINION

We must define a key contract word: "photoplays." This word includes television episodes of Columbo, says the studio that made this long-running television show. The creators of the Columbo character disagree. They say the word photoplays has many meanings and is ambiguous— but it cannot mean what...

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