[dvd-discuss] "Wind Done Gone" Redux

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U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals

                      SUNTRUST v HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

[PUBLISH]



IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 01-12200

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D. C. Docket No. 01-00701-CV-CAP-1

SUNTRUST BANK, as Trustee of the

Stephen Mitchell trusts f.b.o. Eugene

Muse Mitchell and Joseph Reynolds Mitchell,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus



HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Georgia

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(October 10, 2001)

Before BIRCH, MARCUS and WOOD*, Circuit Judges.

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*Honorable Harlington Wood, Jr., U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh 
Circuit, sitting by designation.

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

In this opinion, we decide whether publication of The Wind Done Gone 
("TWDG"), a fictional work
admittedly based on Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind ("GWTW"), should 
be enjoined from
publication based on alleged copyright violations. The district court 
granted a preliminary injunction against
publication of TWDG because it found that Plaintiff-Appellee SunTrust Bank 
("SunTrust") met the
four-part test governing preliminary injunctions. We VACATE the injunction 
and REMAND for
consideration of the remaining claims.

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