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BURROUGHS v. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC.

No. 80 Civ. 2726.

491 F.Supp. 1320 (1980)

Danton BURROUGHS, as Executor of the Will of John Coleman Burroughs, Deceased, Hulbert Burroughs, Joanne Pierce Anselmo, James Michael Pierce and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. and United Artists Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

June 24, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P. C., New York City, for plaintiffs by Roger L. Zissu, Alan Latman, Carol F. Simkin, James F. Lightstone, New York City, of counsel.

Townley & Updike, New York City, for defendants by Douglas C. Fairhurst, Neil J. Rosini, Mitchell R. Berger, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

WERKER, District Judge.

This is a motion for a preliminary injunction restraining the production of a motion picture, "Tarzan, The Ape Man," currently being developed for production by defendant Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. ("MGM"). A hearing on plaintiffs' application was held on May 23, 27, and 28, 1980, at the conclusion of which the Court indicated it was going to deny the motion. The parties having submitted proposed and counter-proposed findings...

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