Shame on You Productions, Inc. v. Elizabeth Banks
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Morrowstatesdistrict, J.
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS AS TO PLAINTIFF’S FEDERAL COPYRIGHT CLAIM AND DECLINING TO EXERCISE SUPPLEMENTAL JURISDICTION OVER STATE LAW CLAIM; DENYING MOTION TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT DATES AS MOOT
World, Inc., Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, LLC,- Filmdistrict Pictures, LLC, Lakeshore Entertainment Corp., Lake-shore Entertainment Group LLC (collectively “defendants”), and various fictitious parties. 1 The complaint alleged claims for copyright infringement and breach of implied-in-fact contract premised on defendants’ purported copying of Shame on You’s motion picture screenplay.
On February 25, 2015, defendants filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings. 2 On April 27, 2015, after the court granted Shame on You’s ex parte application for an order granting it leave to amend its complaint, 3 Shame on You filed a first amended complaint alleging the same claims as the original complaint but adding Broken Road Productions, Inc. (“Broken Road”) and Todd Garner as defendants. 4 The *1131 same day, it filed opposition to defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings. 5 On May 11, 2015, all defendants, besides Garner and…