PSENICSKA v. TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION

Nos. 08-4604-cv, 08-6053-cv, 08-4818-cv

MICHAEL PSENICSKA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION, ONE AMERICA PRODUCTIONS, INC., TODD LEWIS, SACHA BARON COHEN, Defendants-Appellees. CINDY STREIT, BEN K. McKINNON, MICHAEL M. JARED, LYNN S. JARED and SARAH MOSELEY, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION, ONE AMERICA PRODUCTIONS, INC., SPRINGLAND FILMS, TODD LEWIS SCHULMAN, MONICA LEVENSON, JULIE LYNN CHOUNARD, SACHA BARON COHEN, EVERYMAN PICTURES and DUNE ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, Defendants-Appellees, GOLD/MILLER PRODUCTIONS, MAJOR STUDIO PARTNERS, INC., FOUR BY TWO PRODUCTIONS COMPANY, PETER BAYNHAM, DAN MAZER and ANTHONY HINES, Defendant. KATHIE MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LARRY CHARLES, MONICA LEVINSON, JAY ROACH, EVERYMAN PICTURES, TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION, ONE AMERICA PRODUCTIONS, INC., SPRINGLAND FILMS, DUNE ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, MTV NETWORKS, doing business as COMEDY CENTRAL, DAKOTA NORTH ENTERTAINMENT, INC., FOUR BY TWO PRODUCTIONS COMPANY, SACHA BARON COHEN, TODD SCHULMAN, Defendants-Appellees, DAN MAZER, ANTHONY HINES, PETER BAYNHAM, TODD PHILLIPS, GOLD/MILLER PRODUCTIONS, JOHN DOES, Nos. 1-5, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

November 17, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PETER M. LEVINE, New York, New York, for Michael Psenicska. ADAM RICHARDS, New York, New York, for Cindy Streit, Ben K. McKinnon, Michael M. Jared, Lynn S. Jared, Sarah Moseley, and Kathie Martin, Appearing for Appellants.

SLADE R. METCALF (Katherine M. Bolger and Rachel F. Strom, on the brief), Hogan & Hartson LLP, New York, New York, Appearing for Appellees.

Present: ROGER J. MINER, JOHN M. WALKER, JR., REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judges.


SUMMARY ORDER

UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment entered on September 24, 2008, dismissing the complaints in all three of these cases is AFFIRMED.

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