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Entertainment & Sports

Sep. 1, 2012

MGM wins "Raging Bull" fight

The studio that produced the 1980 boxing film "Raging Bull" can continue to pocket profits on distributions of the award-winning film, according to a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling.


By Jean Yung


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The studio that produced the 1980 boxing film "Raging Bull" can continue to pocket profits on future home video sales and other distributions of the award-winning drama, according to a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Wednesday.


The court affirmed U.S. District Judge George H. Wu's 2010 decision to grant summary judgment in favor of MGM, saying an heir of the author of the story on...

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