‘Black-ish’ Spinoff Suit Tossed By California Appeals Court

Actor Tracee Ellis Ross and the producers of the “Black-ish” spinoff “Mixed-ish” convinced a California appeals court to toss a suit from comedian Hayley Marie Norman, alleging that “Mixed-ish” took Norman’s idea for a TV show about growing up biracial in the suburbs without compensating her.

Norman failed to convince California’s Second District Court of Appeal that she could prove Ross broke an alleged contract regarding Norman’s show. All of Norman’s claims arose from protected activity, so the case should have been dismissed in full, Associate Justice Audrey B. Collins wrote in partially published opinion, reversing and remanding a ...