Metcalf

Metcalf v. Bochco

Good Law
200 F. App'x 635
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 28, 2006Nos. 04-56097, 04-56140, 04-56679California2,699 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Jerome Metcalf, Laurie Metcalf, and Cornel, Chandler & Associates, Inc. (“the Metcalfs”), appeal the judgment entered in favor of defendants Steven Bochco et al. (“the Defendants”) following a jury trial in the Metcalfs’ copyright infringement action. The Metcalfs alleged that the Defendants infringed their copyright in three unpublished screenplays by exhibiting the television show “City of Angels.” The *637 Metcalfs also appeal the District Court’s award of attorney’s fees to defendant Michael Warren, who allegedly contributed to the infringement by supplying the screenplays to the Defendants. The Defendants cross-appeal the District Court’s order denying their motion for attorney’s fees.

We affirm the judgment in favor of the Defendants. We also affirm the District Court’s orders awarding attorney’s fees to Warren and denying attorney’s fees to the Defendants.

I. Evidentiary Claims

The Metcalfs contend that the District Court erred by failing to allow them to present certain evidence and visual aids during their six-day trial. First, the Metcalfs claim that the District Court erred by refusing to admit hearsay testimony regarding Warren’s intent to give the…

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