Grosso v. Miramax Film Corp.

400 F.3d 658 Jeff GROSSO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MIRAMAX FILM CORP., a New York Corporation; Miramax Books; Spanky Pictures, a New York Corporation; David Levien, an individual; Brian Koppelman, an individual; Ted Demme, an individual; Joel Stillerman, an individual, Defendants-Appellees. No. 01-57255. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 7, 2003. Filed September 8, 2004. Amended March 15, 2005. John A. Marder, Steven J. Renick, and Sylvia Havens, Manning & Marder, Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Richard L. Charnley, Nelson, Thompson, Pegue & Thornton, Santa Monica, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Audrey B. Collins, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-99-10939-ABC. Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, THOMPSON, and SGRABER, Circuit Judges. ORDER 1 The opinion is amended to add a new penultimate paragraph as follows: 2 We express no opinion on the question whether the facts adduced during the summary judgment proceedings on Grosso's copyright claim can support the Desny claim set forth in Grosso's complaint. Our…