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PENELOPE v. BROWN

Civ. A. No. 90-40183-Y.

792 F.Supp. 132 (1992)

Julia PENELOPE, f.k.a. Julia Penelope Stanley, Plaintiff, v. Rita Mae BROWN, American Artists, Inc., and Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

May 8, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerry A. Blodgett, Blodgett & Blodgett, Worcester, Mass., Mark A. Gallant, Goodhue & Goodhue, Topsfield, Mass., for plaintiff.

John Taylor Williams, Palmer & Dodge, Boston, Mass., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

YOUNG, District Judge.

This dispute between a scholarly English professor and a glitzy popular author in essence turns upon the richness and variety of the English language and the incredible heterogeneity of those who read and speak it. The English professor, Julia Penelope ("Penelope"), brought this copyright infringement action against three defendants: Rita Mae Brown ("Brown"), author of the allegedly infringing book, Starting...

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