Legal Opinion
Ostano Commerzanstalt and Dr. Herbert Jovy v. Telewide Systems, Inc. And Bernard L. Schubert
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 23, 1986No. 633, Docket 85-7415PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
This diversity case involving licensing of the right to exhibit films concerns the propriety of benefit-of-the-bargain damages for fraud, the sufficiency of the evidence relating to damages for breach of contract and warranty, and the permissibility of an award of punitive damages. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert L. Carter, Judge, after a bench trial, held that defendant Telewide Systems, Inc. (“Telewide”), and its president and sole shareholder, Bernard L. Schubert, had committed fraud, false representation, and fraudulent…
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