Legal Opinion
Hornstein v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 26, 1942PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll G. Walter, J.
Certain stockholders of Paramount Pictures, Inc., a New York corporation, here seek to compel its directors to account for and restore to it $100,000 paid out of its funds between May 29, 1936, and January 29,1938, to two labor union officials. Plaintiffs contend that the money was a bribe paid to such labor union officials (Penal Law, § 380). Defendants say that it was extorted and paid under compulsion as a price exacted for freedom from ruinous and unlawful interference with Paramount’s business.
At the times in question Paramount was engaged in the production, marketing, distribution, and…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Pollitz v. . Wabash R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Gamble v. Queens County Water Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
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