Foxcroft Productions v. Universal City Studios

Filed 4/26/22 (unmodified opn. attached)

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

FOXCROFT PRODUCTIONS, B303161

INC., et al., Los Angeles County Plaintiffs and Appellants, Super. Ct. No. BC683206

v. ORDER MODIFYING

OPINION AND DENYING

UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, PETITION FOR

LLC, REHEARING

Defendant and Appellant. [No change in Judgment]

THE COURT:

IT IS ORDERED the opinion in the above-entitled matter filed on March 30, 2022, be modified in three ways:

1. On page 16, in the first full paragraph, the sentence “As Hirsch agreed, episodic photoplays are episodes” shall be replaced with: As Hirsch agreed, this meant episodes for a series.

2. On page 19, at the end of section II.B and before the beginning of section II.C, the following two paragraphs shall be added: For the first time on appeal, the writers raise three new arguments for why the court should not have granted a new trial. First, they argue Universal could not deduct standard fees when it distributed Columbo episodes…