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BERNAL v. PARADIGM TALENT AND LITERARY AGENCY

No. CV 07-6445 SVW (PLAx).

788 F.Supp.2d 1043 (2010)

Jill BERNAL p/k/a and d/b/a Jillian L'Amour, an individual, Plaintiff, v. PARADIGM TALENT AND LITERARY AGENCY, business entity form unknown doing business in California, Marc Cherry, an individual, American Broadcasting Company, Inc., a corporation doing business in California; and Does 1-50, inclusive, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

February 22, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis P. Petrich, Joel McCabe Smith, Daniel M. Mayeda, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants Marc Cherry and American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

Steven T. Lowe, Esq., Lowe Law, A Professional Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff, Jill Bernal p/k/a and d/b/a Jillian L'Amour.

Joseph P. Costa, Esq., Darius A. Vosylius, Esq., Theresa Johnson, Esq., Costa, Abrams & Coate, LLP, Santa Monica, CA, for Defendant, Paradigm Talent Agency and Literary Agency.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [35] [JS-6]

STEPHEN V. WILSON, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Defendants American Broadcasting Company ("ABC") and Marc Cherry move for summary judgment against Plaintiff Jill Bernal. Plaintiff claims that the television show Desperate Housewives was copied from Plaintiff's screenplay Homeless. For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS Defendants' Motion.

II. FACTUAL...

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