Frank Music Corp. v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

886 F.2d 1545 58 USLW 2242 , 1989 Copr.L.Dec. P 26,475 , 12 U.S.P.Q.2d 1412 FRANK MUSIC CORP.; Robert Wright; George Forrest; Anne Lederer as Executrix of the Last Will of Charles Lederer; Luther Davis; Edwin Lester, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants. Nos. 87-6257, 87-6321. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 4, 1989. Decided Sept. 27, 1989. David H. Kornblum, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees. Charles M. Stern, Wyman, Bautzer, Kuchel & Silbert, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before FLETCHER, BOOCHEVER and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 In Frank Music Corp. v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., 772 F.2d 505 (9th Cir.1985) (Frank Music I ), we affirmed the district court's holding that defendants infringed plaintiffs' copyright in the dramatico-musical play Kismet, but remanded for reconsideration of the amount of profits attributable to the infringement and for consideration of whether defendants Donn Arden…