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Cameo Clips

By Stan Soocher
March 29, 2011

FILM DISPUTE DAMAGES/SUBPOENA QUASHED

A magistrate for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a bank's motion to quash a subpoena, under Rule 45(c)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, that sought documents from the financial institution in the damages phase of a film-distribution suit over the movie Miss Conception (originally titled Buy Borrow Steal). Blue Angel Films Ltd. v. First Look Studios Inc., 08 Civ. 6469. In this case, film producers sued their distributor for funds owed. After obtaining favorable summary judgment on their breach of contract claim, the plaintiffs sought documents from Bank of America related to non-party Millennium Entertainment's acquisition of defendant First Look.

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