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SMITH v. WEINSTEIN

No. 80 Civ. 7057(ADS).

578 F.Supp. 1297 (1984)

Andrew SMITH, Plaintiff, v. Hannah WEINSTEIN, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Sidney Poitier, Melville Tucker, Francois Demenil, Bruce Jay Friedman, Defendants.

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

January 24, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitman & Ransom, New York City, for plaintiff; Max F. Schutzman, Michael C. Pelletier, Louis A. Dejoie, New York City, of counsel.

Pryor, Cashman, Sherman & Flynn, New York City, for defendants; Stephen F. Huff, Donald S. Zakarin, Tom J. Ferber, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION AND ORDER

SOFAER, District Judge.

Plaintiff Andrew Smith, a professional comedy writer, asserts in this action that defendants Hannah Weinstein, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ("Columbia"), and various persons engaged by Columbia to write, produce, and direct the movie "Stir Crazy" illegally used plaintiff's original ideas and expression in making the film. The court has jurisdiction of the copyright infringement and unfair competition claims...

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