Legal Opinion
Lugosi v. Universal Pictures
California Supreme Court
Decided December 3, 1979No. L.A. 30824PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
THE COURT.
We granted a hearing in this case in order to consider the important issues raised. After an independent study of these issues, we have concluded that the thoughtful opinion of Presiding Justice Roth for the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, in this case correctly treats the issues, and accordingly adopt it as our own. That opinion, with appropriate deletions and additions,* is as follows:
In September 1930, Bela Lugosi and Universal Pictures Company, Inc. (Universal)1 concluded an agreement for the production of the film Dracula in which Lugosi contracted to and did…
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