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Driving Miss Daisy

(1989)   Tags: Warner Bros.

Denker v. Uhry

Driving Miss Daisy film 1989
In these copyright infringement actions, plaintiff Henry Denker, author of the novel “Horowitz and Mrs. Washington” and the play of the same title, sues defendant Alfred Uhry, author of the play “Driving Miss Daisy” and the screenplay of the same title, and others involved in the production and distribution of the play and film versions of “Driving Miss Daisy.”

Judgment: Summary judgment in both actions is warranted on the issue of improper appropriation, and the complaints are dismissed.

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