Legal Opinion
W.H. Smith Publishers, Inc. v. Plexus Publishing Ltd.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 25, 1983No. 82 Civ. 3424PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD WEINPELD, District Judge.
These are cross-motions for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The parties agree that there are no issues of fact and that the sole issue is one of law.
The defendant, Plexus Publishing Limited (“Plexus”), a British publishing company, was engaged in the preparation of a book entitled ROCK ‘N’ ROLL BABYLON (“the book”) to portray the lives of rock and roll celebrities. Plaintiff, W.H. Smith Publishers, Inc. (“Smith”), a Delaware corporation, was interested in purchasing 25,000 copies of an American edition of…
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