Legal Opinion
Sobol v. E.P. Dutton, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 28, 1986No. 83 Civ. 6529PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
Plaintiff Donald Sobol is the author of a series of children’s books featuring a boy detective named Encyclopedia Brown. So-bol commenced this diversity action against his publisher, E.P. Dutton, Inc. (“Dutton”), for breach of contract against Dutton and one of its employees, Gloria Mosesson, for breach of fiduciary duty and fraud, against his attorney, Arthur Abelman, for legal malpractice, and against Howard David Deutsch and Howard David Deutsch Productions, Inc. (collectively “Deutsch”) for breach of contract, fraud, unfair competition and violations of the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Upjohn Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. WeintraubSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. RylanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Maggio v. ZeitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Liebowitz v. Elsevier Science Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1996
- American International Specialty Lines Insurance v. NWI-I, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2007
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