U.S. Court of Appeals / Ninth Circuit

Benay v. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.

Decided June 9, 2010. Richard R. Clifton wrote the opinion for the court.

607 F.3d 620 · Cited 57 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Mann v. Columbia Pictures, Inc. · 128 Cal. App. 3d 628
Ware v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 253 Cal. App. 2d 489
Desny v. Wilder · 299 P.2d 257
Davies v. Krasna · 535 P.2d 1161
Chandler v. Roach · 156 Cal. App. 2d 435
Donahue v. United Artists Corp. · 2 Cal. App. 3d 794
Thompson v. California Brewing Co. · 191 Cal. App. 2d 506
Weitzenkorn v. Lesser · 40 Cal. 2d 778
Kurlan v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 40 Cal. 2d 799
Fink v. Goodson-Todman Enterprises, Ltd. · 9 Cal. App. 3d 996
Rokos v. Peck · 182 Cal. App. 3d 604
Sutton v. Walt Disney Productions · 258 P.2d 519
Holman v. County of Santa Cruz · 91 Cal. App. 2d 502

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Goldberg v. Cameron · 787 F. Supp. 2d 1013
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Wild v. NBC UNIVERSAL, INC. · 788 F. Supp. 2d 1083

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