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Judges and Judiciary

May 16, 2007

In Duel Over Film Flop, Jury Delivers a Split Decision

A best-selling novelist must pay a production company $5 million for breach of contract in a case stemming from the 2005 movie "Sahara," a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury found Tuesday.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

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      LOS ANGELES - A best-selling novelist must pay a production company $5 million for breach of contract in a case stemming from the 2005 movie "Sahara," a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury found Tuesday.
      Clive Cussler, who wrote the book...

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