Here's a little more on that Brazilian magicians' lawsuit against Globo TV, courtesy of Vicenç Feliu, a law librarian here at LSU Law.
...[this case was up in the Tribunal of Justice, court of first instance of the State of Rio Grande do Sul; Judge Eduardo Khote Werlang of the 11ª Vara Cível de Porto Alegre (11th Civil Chamber of Porto Alegre) presiding. The decision was passed on 30 April 2003 and the docket number was 00101156694. There were 21 magicians (see list at bottom of message) bringing suit against Rede Globo and their attorneys were Dr. Marco Antonio Birnfeld and Dr. Marcio Oliveira Puggina, who died on 01 October 2001, while the case was ongoing. As you know, the judge ruled in their favor. I have searched the court’s website (http://www.tj.rs.gov.br) using the docket number as well as different combinations of the known facts and have been unable to find any documents related to this case. I have also searched the web and beyond finding more news items, like the one you have, or blog entries, I have not been able to find any actual official court documents.
Vicenç
List of magicians:
- - Andréa Araújo Viana (ANDREA)
- - Leda dos Santos Souza (PASSOQUINHA)
- - Andréia Maria Alexandre Henrique (MARY)
- - Caetano Miguel Tótaro Neto (ROCAMITONI)
- - Claudio Alves Machado (WULLICHANG)
- - Daniel Silveira Pereira (LE DENIER)
- - Edgar Poggetti (IBIS)
- - Guacira Terezinha da Silva (GUACIRA)
- - Hilton da Rosa Melecchi (HIDROMEL)
- - José Benedito Galtieri Filho (MAGRINE Jr.)
- - Juliana Cristofari (JULLY)
- - Marco Antonio Rodrigues (THU)
- - Maria Lucia Schneider (LÚCIA)
- - Paulo Roberto Britto Martins (TONY) – Actual Presidente
- - Rita de Cássia Vareira dos Santos (RITA)
- - Sérgio Albino Schneider (ALBIN)
- - Solange Carvalho Araújo (SOLANGE)
- - Valéria Martinak Soares (VALÉRIA)
- - Vera Lúcia Santana Dias (ALINE)
- - Vilson José Schneider (VILSON)
- - Vitor Hugo Cardia (KARDINI)
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