Opinion
Case No. CV13-05430-R (PJWx)
11-12-2013
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD-AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS, a non-profit corporation, as successor-in-interest to SCREEN ACTORS GUILD, INC., on behalf of Affected Performers, Petitioner, v. RILLINGTON PRODUCTIONS, LLC, Respondent.
JUDGMENT
This action came on for hearing before the Court on October 28, 2013, on a Motion for Order Confirming Arbitration Award and for Entry of Judgment in Conformity Therewith by Petitioner SCREEN ACTORS GUILD-AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS as successor-in-interest to Screen Actors Guild, Inc. ("SAG-AFTRA"), the Hon. Manuel L. Real, presiding. Safeer Hopton and Emily Fung appeared on behalf of SAG-AFTRA. There was no appearance on behalf of Respondent RILLINGTON PRODUCTIONS, LLC.
The Court having considered all of the pleadings and arguments submitted by SAG-AFTRA, in connection with this motion, the pleadings and papers on file, and any oral and/or documentary evidence presented at the time of hearing rules as follows:
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that judgment be entered in this case as follows:
1. The stipulated arbitration award in favor of Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, as successor-in-interest to Screen Actors Guild, Inc., ("SAG-AFTRA") and against RILLINGTON PRODUCTIONS, LLC ("Respondent"), Union Case No. 2002-0275, dated July 29, 2009, is confirmed in all respects.
2. SAG-AFTRA's request for attorneys' fees and costs is denied.
3. Respondent is ordered to pay as follows:
(a) To Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, on behalf of affected performers, the sum of $42,533.33.
4. Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is hereby granted an assignment of Respondent's accounts receivable from the distribution, exhibition, exploitation or other use of the motion picture entitled Gacy also known as The Crawl Space anywhere in the world until the amounts due are paid in full.
5. SAG-AFTRA is authorized to engage in any of the remedial actions provided for in the Security Agreement.
6. The parties are to split any arbitrator fees.
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Judge of the United States District Court