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BENAY v. WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

No. 08-55719.

607 F.3d 620 (2010)

Aaron BENAY; Matthew Benay, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation; Radar Pictures, Inc., a California corporation; Bedford Falls Productions, Inc., a California corporation; Edward Zwick, an individual; Marshall Herskovitz, an individual; John Logan, an individual, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 9, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia Havens, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellants.

George R. Hedges, Gary E. Gans, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Jaime Wayne Marquart, Daryl Marc Crone, Baker Marquart Crone & Hawxhurst, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellees.

David Aronoff, Lathrop & Gage LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for appellee Radar Pictures, Inc.

Before: W. FLETCHER and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges, and JAMES K. SINGLETON, Senior District Judge.

WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs are two brothers, Aaron and Matthew Benay, who wrote and copyrighted a screenplay, The Last Samurai ("the Screenplay"). The Benays contend that the creators of the film The Last Samurai ("the Film") copied from the Screenplay without permission. They sued Warner Brothers Entertainment, Inc., Radar Pictures, Inc., Bedford Falls Productions, Inc., Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, and John Logan (collectively...

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