The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated for only about 2 ½ hours before deciding that the creators of “Moana” never had ...

The lawsuit claimed Moana copied the screenplay of Woodall's "Bucky the Surfer Boy," which revolves around a boy who goes on ...

Animator Buck Woodall continues to pursue a copyright trial over the sequel to the 2016 hit, though the jury's decision in ...

On Monday, a jury decided that MOANA was not copied from writer and animator Buck Woodall’s script for “Bucky the Surfer Boy.

Lawyers for a New Mexico writer and animator will say at closing arguments at his federal trial in Los Angeles on Monday that ...

Buck Woodall wrote a script, whose various titles have included “Bucky the Surfer Boy," about a teenager vacationing ... worked for another company on the Disney lot in about 2004, and a dozen ...

A jury sided with Disney, rejecting claims that "Moana" was based on Buck Woodall’s story. Here's what we know.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana ... s outlines and script for “Bucky the Surfer Boy.” With that question settled ...

LOS ANGELES — A jury on Monday quickly rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana ... Woodall’s outlines and script for “Bucky the Surfer Boy.” With that question settled ...

A jury rejected Buck Woodall’s claim that Disney's "Moana" copied his story, "Bucky the Surfer Boy," ruling that Disney creators never had access to his work. Woodall’s lawyer argued that ...

LOS ANGELES — A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana ... s outlines and script for “Bucky the Surfer Boy.” With that question settled ...