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Constitutional Law

Jun. 2, 2010

Studios Seek Final Answer in Court

A lawsuit that a production company filed against the Walt Disney Co. over profits from the game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" is set to go to trial today.

By Jean-Luc Renault

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A long-running lawsuit that a production company filed against the Walt Disney Co. and its television subsidiaries over profits from the game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" is set to go to trial today, with hundreds of millions of dollars potentially at stake.

U.K.-based Celador International filed its lawsuit in 2004, accusing Disney, American Broadc...

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