Legal Opinion
Porter v. Arthur Murray, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 13, 1967No. Civ. 8415PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhelan, J.
Frank W. Porter (Porter), born in 1901, was a post office employee from 1925 until his retirement in 1957. His second wife died on November 15,1961.
In 1961 a new and exciting life opened up for Porter: he discovered the Arthur Murray School of Dancing (School), or it discovered Porter.
The dance studio in question was located in San Diego. Such a studio had been in continuous operation since the early 1940’s. It was operated first by two individuals under a license agreement from Arthur Murray, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Murray); later the two individuals created a corporation, Burkin, Inc.…
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