Legal Opinion
Shiya v. National Committee of Gibran
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 10, 1967No. Nos. 420, 421, Dockets 31072, 31073PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The National Committee of Gibran appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Sylvester J. Ryan, Chief Judge, which upheld attorney George G. Shiya’s construction and interpretation of a contingent fee retainer entered into by the parties on November 1, 1956. The question to be resolved is whether Shiya is entitled to 25% of all the royalties from the renewal copyrights on seven works of the author Kahlil Gibran or to 25% of those royalties which had accrued at the termination of his services. We affirm Judge…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jack Meyers v. The Selznick Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Boro Hall Corp. v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- H. K. Porter Company, Inc., a Corporation v. Wire Rope Corporation of America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency v. Glass Production Methods, Inc., United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency v. Frazier-Simplex, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Oil Trading Associates, Inc. v. Texas City Refining, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1962
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3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. Wallace & Wallace Fuel Oil Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1982
- Schrader Byrd & Companion, P.L.L.C. v. MarksWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2007
- Application of George G. Shiya v. The National Committee of Gibran, Also Known as the Comite National De Gibran, Representing the Town of Becharre, Lebanon, Mary K. Gibran and William Saxe, as Administrators C.T.A. Of the Estate of Kahlil Gibran, and Mary K. Gibran v. Alfred A. Knopf, Incorporated v. The National Committee of Gibran, Also Known as the Comite National De Gibran, Representing the Town of Becharre, Lebanon, InterpleadedCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Schrader Byrd & Companion, P.L.L.C. v. MarksWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2007
- Schrader Byrd & Companion, P.L.L.C. v. MarksWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2007
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