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FILE - In this March 22, 1963, file photo, Nobel prize-winning author John Steinbeck, right, admires a prize-winning poster by his son, Thomas Steinbeck in Hartford, Conn. A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will be in Alaska's largest city on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, to hear arguments in an appeal by the estate of Steinbeck's late son, Thomas Steinbeck, over a 2017 ruling in California. In that case, a federal jury awarded the author's stepdaughter Waverly Scott Kaffaga, more than $13 million in a lawsuit claiming Steinbeck's son and daughter-in-law impeded film adaptations of the iconic works. (AP Photo, File)

Appeal in John Steinbeck lawsuit heard in court

By RACHEL D'ORO - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 22, 1963, file photo, Nobel prize-winning author John Steinbeck, right, admires a prize-winning poster by his son, Thomas Steinbeck in Hartford, Conn. A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will be in Alaska's largest city on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, to hear arguments in an appeal by the estate of Steinbeck's late son, Thomas Steinbeck, over a 2017 ruling in California. In that case, a federal jury awarded the author's stepdaughter Waverly Scott Kaffaga, more than $13 million in a lawsuit claiming Steinbeck's son and daughter-in-law impeded film adaptations of the iconic works. (AP Photo, File)

Judges to hear appeal in lawsuit over John Steinbeck works

By RACHEL D'ORO - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo shows American author John Steinbeck, winner of the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for his novel &quot;The Grapes of Wrath.&quot; Film remakes of &quot;The Grapes of Wrath&quot; and &quot;East of Eden&quot; fell apart because Steinbeck's late son and widow impeded the projects, the writer's stepdaughter told jurors in federal court Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. (AP Photo, File)

Steinbeck film remakes stuck in dust bowl, stepdaughter says

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

Waverly Scott Kaffaga, stepdaughter of author John Steinbeck, leaves federal court in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. Kaffaga says that film remakes of &quot;The Grapes of Wrath&quot; and &quot;East of Eden&quot; fell apart because the author's late son and widow interfered with the projects. She told jurors in Los Angeles federal court that long-running litigation has prevented her from making the most of Steinbeck's copyright. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)

John Steinbeck’s relatives by marriage in copyright dispute

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press