Legal Opinion

Frankel v. Stein and Day, Inc.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided May 8, 1979No. 79 Civ. 520PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LASKER, District Judge.

This suit results from a falling out between Sandor Frankel and Webster Mews (a pseudonym), authors of The Aleph Solution, and their publisher, Stein and Day, Inc. The authors seek damages and injunctive and declaratory relief against Stein and Day as a result of the latter’s alleged infringement of their copyright and violation of a publishing agreement. Stein and Day counterclaims that the authors have breached the agreement and seeks damages. Both parties have moved for summary judgment.

On June 1, 1978, the authors entered into a written agreement with Stein and Day…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. T. B. Harms Company v. Edward Eliscu and Ross Jungnickel, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
  2. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,041 Sonesta International Hotels Corporation v. Wellington AssociatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
  3. Triebwasser & Katz, a Partnership Consisting of Jonah Triebwasser and William Katz v. American Telephone & Telegraph CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
  4. Luckett v. Delpark, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  5. Fogelson v. Rackfay Construction Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1950

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Septembertide Publishing, B.V. v. Stein And Day, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
  2. Kelly v. L.L. Cool J.District Court, S.D. New York · 1992
  3. Gaf Building Materials Corporation v. Elk Corporation of DallasCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1996
  4. Positive Black Talk Inc., Doing Business as Take Fo' Records, Doing Business as Take Fo' Publishing, Plaintiff-Counter v. Cash Money Records Inc., Cash Money Records Inc. Terius Gray, Also Known as Juvenile, Defendants-Counter Claimants-Appellees, and UMG Recordings Inc., Universal Records Inc. Merged Into UMG Recordings Inc. Universal Music and Video Distribution Corp. Positive Black Talk Inc., Doing Business as Take Fo' Records, Doing Business as Take Fo' Publishing v. Cash Money Records Inc., Cash Money Records Inc. UMG Recording Inc., Universal Records, Inc. Universal Music and Video Distribution Corp. Terius Gray, Also Known as JuvenileCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
  5. Positive Black Talk Inc. v. Cash Money Records Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005

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