Legal Opinion
Wolf v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 19, 2004No. B169265PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
JOHNSON, J .
An author seeks a writ of mandate to compel the trial court to vacate its order granting summary adjudication of issues in favor of an entertainment industry conglomerate on its cross-claims for a declaration it was not required to pay royalties on the value of promotional agreements with third parties for which it received no cash. At issue is whether the term “gross receipts” as used in the royalty agreement is reasonably susceptible to an interpretation urged by the author to mean other valuable in-kind consideration as well as cash. The trial court found the term “gross…
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