Mann v. Columbia Pictures, Inc.

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• concluding that the defendant had 18 independently created the work where there was no evidence that the defendant’s screenwriters 19 had seen the plaintiff’s script
• concluding that the defendant had independently 1 created the work where the defendant’s screenwriter had developed and submitted the screenplay 2 before the plaintiff’s screenplay was received
• recovery under quasi-contract theory limited to use of property rights

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