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ARDEN v. COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 95 Civ. 252 (DC).

908 F.Supp. 1248 (1995)

Leon ARDEN, Plaintiff, v. COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC., Danny Rubin, Harold Ramis, and Trevor Albert, Defendants.

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

December 7, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bordelon & Hoag by Bruce V. Bordelon, Susan V. Hoag, New York City, for plaintiff.

Pryor, Cashman, Sherman & Flynn by Stephen F. Huff, Tom J. Ferber, Jeff Sanders, New York City, for defendants.

OPINION

CHIN, District Judge.

In 1981, plaintiff Leon Arden published a novel, One Fine Day (or the "Novel"), which told the story of a man trapped in a repeating day, forced to live the same day over and over. Some twelve years later, defendants Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Danny Rubin, Harold Ramis, and Trevor Albert released their film "Groundhog Day" (or the "Film"), which also featured a man caught in a repeating day.

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