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SPACEY v. BURGAR

No. 01CV3848.

207 F.Supp.2d 1037 (2002)

Kevin SPACEY, an individual, and M. Profitt Productions, Inc., a California Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. Jeffrey BURGAR, an individual, and the Kevin Spacey Club, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

Order Denying Reconsideration May 16, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth A. Gold, Manatt Phelps & Phillips, Los Angeles, CA, Susan Elaine Hollander, Jennifer S. Fryhling, Manatt Phelps & Phillips, Palo Alto, CA, for plaintiffs.

Jeff Call Katofsky, Jeff Katofsky Law Offices, Los Angeles, CA, Eric Christopher Grimm, Ann Arbor, MI, for defendants.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS

FEESS, District Judge.

I.

INTRODUCTION

The present case presents complex issues involving the right of a celebrity to bring suit in United States District Court for the alleged misappropriation of his name by a foreign internet website operator. However, in this order, the Court does not reach these issues because Defendants raise a novel threshold question regarding the exercise of personal...

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