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Entertainment & Sports

Feb. 2, 2012

'Raging Bull' case in court

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments today in a case that will determine who will benefit from future sales of the classic film "Raging Bull."


By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Which came first, the book or the screenplay?


That's the question in a three-year-old lawsuit between the studio that produced the award-winning 1980 film "Raging Bull" and heirs to the co-author of the story on which it's based.


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is slated to hear appellate arguments in the case today, and its ruling could determine w...

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