Opinion
FAYER GIPSON LLP GREGORY A. FAYER, MINH Z. KUO, MICHELLE K. MILLARD, Los Angeles, California, Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant Lakewood Church
[PROPOSED] JUDGMENT
PHILIP S. GUTIERREZ, District Judge.
The Court having considered the joint stipulation of plaintiff Lakewood Church ("Plaintiff" or "Lakewood") and defendant Robert Lee Smith Jr. ("Defendant") for entry of judgment on Plaintiff's Complaint (Dkt. No. 1), which asserts a singled cause of action for declaratory relief, and good cause appearing therefor, the joint stipulation is GRANTED and Judgment is hereby entered in favor of plaintiff Lakewood Church and against defendant Robert Lee Smith Jr. on Plaintiff's Complaint for declaratory relief as follows:
The Court hereby declares and decrees that:
1. Defendant has no legal or contractual entitlement to compensation or credit in connection with any alleged submission of his ideas for entertainment or multimedia projects or ventures to Lakewood and/or its affiliates that occurred at any time up to and including the date of this Judgment, with the exception of the project set forth in Section 3 below;
2. Plaintiff has no legal or contractual duty to compensate or credit Defendant in connection with any alleged submission of his ideas for entertainment or multimedia projects or ventures to Lakewood and/or its affiliates that occurred at any time up to and including the date of this Judgment, with the exception of the project set forth in Section 3 below;
3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall preclude Defendant from being afforded credit and/or compensation in connection with the feature-length motion picture currently in development, entitled White Tiger, in accordance with the applicable written agreements concerning this project; and
4. For avoidance of doubt, the above declarations and decrees apply equally to general ideas for project types or ventures, as well as to specific ideas for particular projects or ventures.
This Judgment shall constitute a final judgment in this action for all purposes pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Court shall retain jurisdiction over this action to implement and enforce this Judgment and all other decrees and orders necessary or appropriate.
IT IS SO ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED.