Legal Opinion
Arp Films, Inc. v. Marvel Entertainment Group
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 20, 1986No. 86 Civ. 6759 (EW)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
Arp Films, Inc. is a Tennessee Corporation (Arp) that claims the right to distribute films featuring “superhero” characters owned by Cadence Industries through Cadence’s division, Marvel Entertainment Group. Arp commenced this suit against Cadence for damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Cadence has breached a contract with Arp by granting exclusive distribution rights for certain video cassettes to a third party and by unreasonably refusing to give to Arp and/or Claude S. Hill, Arp’s sole shareholder, the permission they were required by contract to…
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