Richard Roth Richard Roth Productions v. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Carmen Balcells, Richard Roth Richard Roth Productions, Plaintiffs-Cross-Appellees v. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Carmen Balcells, Defendants-Cross-Appellants

942 F.2d 617 Richard ROTH; Richard Roth Productions, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gabriel GARCIA MARQUEZ; Carmen Balcells, Defendants-Appellees. Richard ROTH; Richard Roth Productions, Plaintiffs-Cross-Appellees, v. Gabriel GARCIA MARQUEZ; Carmen Balcells, Defendants-Cross-Appellants. Nos. 90-55713, 90-55751. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 7, 1991. Decided Aug. 8, 1991. Maxwell M. Blecher, Blecher & Collins, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Dennis M. Perlus, Hufstedler, Kaus & Ettinger, Los Angeles, Cal., and Jay Cohen, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before D.W. NELSON, O'SCANNLAIN and TROTT, Circuit Judges. D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge: 1 This case revolves around Richard Roth's and Richard Roth Productions' ("Roth") attempt to secure the movie rights to Gabriel Garcia Marquez' novel Love in the Time of Cholera. Roth appeals the district court's dismissal of his complaint for failure to state a claim and its denial of leave to amend. In addition, Garcia Marquez and agent Carmen…