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JORDAN-BENEL v. UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC.

No. 15-56045.

859 F.3d 1184 (2017)

Douglas JORDAN-BENEL, an individual, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC., a Delaware corporation; Blumhouse Productions, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company; Overlord Productions, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company; Platinum Dunes Productions, a California Corporation; Why Not Productions, Inc., DBA Why Not Films, a Nevada Corporation; James DeMonaco, an individual, Defendants-Appellants, and United Talent Agency, Inc., a California corporation, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 20, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelli L. Sager (argued), Jason Harrow , and Karen A. Henry , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellants.

Glen Lance Kulik (argued) and Patricia Brum , Kulik Gottesman Siegel & Ware LLP, Sherman Oaks, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: Harry Pregerson, Dorothy W. Nelson, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

This case is about the alleged theft of a screenplay idea that was later turned into a popular film series called The Purge. Plaintiff-Appellee Douglas Jordan-Benel brings copyright and state law claims, including breach of implied-in-fact contract and...

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