Find Me Guilty

(2006)

RUDOLPH v. YARI FILM GROUP RELEASING

Between November 1986 and August 1988, Plaintiff Robert Rudolph covered a twenty-one month criminal trial before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, sitting in Newark, in which the federal government indicted more than twenty alleged members of the Lucchese crime family.  In 1992, Rudolph published a book about the Trial titled The Boys from New Jersey: How the Mob Beat the Feds.

In or around 2005, Defendants began producing a film entitled FIND ME GUILTY which allegedly portrays the same events addressed in Plaintiff’s Book.  Plaintiff brought suit against 45 defendants, known and unknown, including individuals, corporations, producers, directors and actors, alleging claims for copyright infringement, misappropriation and unjust enrichment.

Judgment: It is the finding of this Court that the Moving Defendants’ motion to dismiss is denied as to Count Two of the Complaint and granted as to Count Three of the Complaint.