Legal Opinion
Rodgers v. Sound of Music Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 3, 1972PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJacob Markowitz, J.
The 1 ‘ Sound of Music ’ ’, a play with music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hammerstein, book by Lindsay and Crouse, and produced by Hayward and Halliday, world *700famous for its words and its music, fantastically successful, and made into a movie about to be re-released, spawned this litigation.
BACKGROUND:
The play was produced under a contract dated July 20, 1959 between Hayward and Halliday and Rodgers and Hammerstein and Lindsay and Crouse. Exploitation rights to the play were eventually assigned to the Sound of Music Company, a limited partnership of which Hayward and Halliday were general…
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- Fowler v. . CallanNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Ransom v. . CuttingNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
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