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JACKSON v. WARNER BROS., INC.

No. 96-CV-72976.

993 F.Supp. 585 (1997)

Earl JACKSON, Plaintiff, v. WARNER BROS., INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

August 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constance Y. Ross, Michigan Department of Attorney General, Health Care Fraud Division, Lansing, MI, for Earl Jackson, plaintiff.

J. Michael Huget, Butzel Long, Ann Arbor, MI, for Warner Brothers, Incorporated, a division of Time-Warner Entertainment Company LP, a Delaware Limited Partnership, defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HOOD, District Judge.

I. FACTS

Plaintiff Earl Jackson is an African-American artist whose works include two copy-righted paintings entitled "Following the Path" and "A Place of Crossing." Each painting depicts "rites of passage" of young Africans and traditional African ceremonies celebrating a youth's entrance into manhood and womanhood.1 Plaintiff distributes his copyrighted...

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