Legal Opinion
This is Me, Inc. v. Elizabeth Taylor, Zev Bufman, and Zev Bufman Entertainment, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 30, 1998No. 97-7150PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge:
Actress Cicely Tyson, through her personal services corporation, plaintiff-appellant This Is Me, Inc., agreed to undertake the lead role in a Broadway production of “The Com is Green” and in a contemplated taping of the production for television, and sues to recover unpaid fees for her services. Several contracts are arguably in issue; some are standard Actors’ Equity (sometimes “Equity”) form contracts, others are not; all are signed by and on behalf of various persons and entities as producers. At issue is the unpaid portion of a so-called “pay or play” guarantee of…
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