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WALKER v. TIME LIFE FILMS, INC.

No. 518, Docket 85-7690.

784 F.2d 44 (1986)

Thomas WALKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TIME LIFE FILMS, INC., David Susskind, Gill Champion, Martin Richards and Heywood Gould, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmie L. Engram, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Eugene L. Girden, New York City (Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, Blair Axel, of Counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, LUMBARD and OAKES, Circuit Judges.

FEINBERG, Chief Judge:

Plaintiff Thomas Walker, author of the book "Fort Apache," appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, David N. Edelstein, J., granting summary judgment for defendants in plaintiff's copyright action against Time Life Films, Inc., David Susskind, Gill Champion and Martin Richards, producers of the film "Fort Apache: The Bronx," and Heywood Gould, the film's screenwriter. The district court...

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