Oprah Prevails Over Suit Saying ‘Greenleaf’ Ripped Off Memoir

A teacher failed to show the Oprah Winfrey Network show “Greenleaf” infringed her memoir, or even that the show’s creator or Winfrey had ever read it, a North Carolina federal court ruled.

The show created by Craig Wright and aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network, and a book by Freda J. Day “have profound differences,” the U.S. Court for the Western District of North Carolina said.

Day also failed to show Winfrey or anyone at her company had ever seen her work. Day said she sent it via certified mail in 2009.

The summary judgment ends the second unsuccessful lawsuit ...