Disney State Court Decisions

Daniels v. The Walt Disney Co.

Filed: March 16, 2020

State: United States
Court: US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 18-55635

Copyright. The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal of an action alleging copyright infringement by the Disney movie Inside Out of plaintiffs’ characters called The Moodsters. Affirming the denial of plaintiff’s claim under the Copyright Act, the panel held that The Moodsters, lightly sketched anthropomorphized characters representing human emotions, did not qualify for copyright protection because they lacked consistent, identifiable character traits and…

Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. Finanz St. Honore, B.V.

Filed: January 30, 2020

State: New York
Court: New York Eastern District Court
Case Number: 1:2013cv06338

OPINION & ORDER PPAS' s request to intervene on behalf of the Zohar funds is denied and its motion to intervene on behalf of Ark II is granted. The parties are directed to work together to present to the court, by February 12, 2020, the following: (1) an agreed statement; ( Status Conference set for 2/19/2020 10:30 AM in Courtroom 6D South before Judge Nina Gershon.) Ordered by Judge Nina Gershon on 1/29/2020. (Marziliano, August)

Diece-Lisa Industries, Inc. v. Disney Enterprises,

Filed: November 20, 2019

State: United States
Court: US Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Case Number: 17-41271

Diece-Lisa Industries, Inc. v. Disney Enterprises,

Filed: November 20, 2019

State: United States
Court: US Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Case Number: 17-41268

ONICA GRAZETTE vs MAGICAL CRUISE COMPANY LIMITED, D/B/A DISNEY CRUISE LINE

Filed: October 11, 2019

State: Florida
Court: Fifth District Court of Appeal
Case Number: 5D18-0821

XONIA BOOK vs WALT DISNEY PARKS AND RESORTS USA, INC. AND MELISSA MERKLINGER

Filed: July 23, 2019

State: Florida
Court: Fifth District Court of Appeal
Case Number: 5D18-2157

Disney v. SSA

Filed: May 22, 2019

State: Kentucky
Court: Kentucky Eastern District Court
Case Number: 6:2018cv00103

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER : It is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff Anthony Dewayne Disney Motion for Summary Judgment [R. 13 ] is DENIED, but the Commissioner's Motion for Summary Judgment [R. 15 ] is GRANTED. Judgment in favor of the Commissioner will be entered promptly. Signed by Judge Gregory F. VanTatenhove on 5/22/19.(SYD)cc: COR

Disney v. Staat

Filed: May 7, 2019

State: Montana
Court: Supreme Court
Citation: 2019 MT 107N
Case Number: DA 18-0236

ESPLANADE PRODUCTIONS, INC. V. THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

Filed: April 24, 2019

State: United States
Court: US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 17-56775

XONIA BOOK vs MELISSA MERKLINGER AND WALT DISNEY PARKS AND RESORTS USA, INC.

Filed: April 23, 2019

State: Florida
Court: Fifth District Court of Appeal
Case Number: 5D18-0864

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., Workers' Compensation Department vs Althea Bennett

Filed: April 8, 2019

State: Florida
Court: First District Court of Appeal
Case Number: 18-3021

VidAngel v. Disney Enterprises et al

Filed: March 8, 2019

State: Utah
Court: Utah District Court
Case Number: 2:2018cv00145

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER Abstaining from Further Proceedings and Dismissing the Action. Signed by Judge David Nuffer on 3/6/19 (alt)

Disney Enterprises et al v. VidAngel et al

Filed: March 7, 2019

State: Utah
Court: Utah District Court
Case Number: 2:2019mc00122

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING PETITIONERS MOTIONS TO COMPEL IN PART. The court orders the following: 2 Motion to Compel is granted in part. The court orders Mr. Wright to produce all documents that are responsive to the s ubpoena issued on January 23, 2019 with one limitation - Mr. Wright need not produce any document that is publicly available "by virtue of VidAngel's SEC filings and disclosures made to the Utah Bankruptcy Court." 11 at 2. Mr. Wrigh t shall…

Walt Disney Co. v Peerenboom

Filed: January 17, 2019

State: New York
Court: Other Courts
Citation: 2019 NY Slip Op 30181 (U)

Johnny Galvan et al v. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S. Inc.

Filed: January 14, 2019

State: California
Court: California Central District Court
Case Number: 8:2018cv01721

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO REMAND 11 AND DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO TRANSFER 14 by Judge Andre Birotte Jr. See document for details. (gk)

Interactive ToyBox, LLC v. The Walt Disney Company et al

Filed: October 24, 2018

State: California
Court: California Central District Court
Case Number: 2:2018cv09136

ORDER GRANTING IN PART 25 Motion to Dismiss or Transfer. The motion is granted insofar as the Court ORDERS that this case be TRANSFERRED to the Central District of California. Signed by Judge Robert Pitman. (td)[Transferred from Texas Western on 10/24/2018.]

(PS) Wolpert v. Disney ABC Broadcasting Corporation et al

Filed: September 28, 2018

State: California
Court: California Eastern District Court
Case Number: 2:2018cv00299

ORDER signed by District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 9/28/2018 ADOPTING 13 Findings and Recommendations and DENYING 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , Motions for Injunctive Relief. The matter is REFERRED back to the assigned magistrate judge for further pretrial proceedings. (Donati, J)

(PS) Wolpert v. Disney ABC Broadcasting Corporation et al

Filed: September 11, 2018

State: California
Court: California Eastern District Court
Case Number: 2:2018cv00299

ORDER AND FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 9/10/2018 GRANTING Plaintiff's 2 Motion to Proceed IFP; Plaintiff's 11 Motion to expedite is DENIED; Plaintiff's complaint is DISMISSED with lea ve to amend, as provided herein; Plaintiff is GRANTED 30 days from the date of service of this order to file an amended complaint; RECOMMENDING that Plaintiff's motions for injunctive relief 3 , 4 , 5 & 6 be denied; Referred to Judge…

JEREMIAH BALIK V. THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

Filed: August 21, 2018

State: United States
Court: US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 17-56066

DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. V. VIDANGEL, INC.

Filed: August 17, 2018

State: United States
Court: US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Case Number: 17-56665