Legal Opinion
Manners v. Fawcett Publications, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 13, 1979No. 78 Civ. 4779 (KTD)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge:
Plaintiffs, David Manners, his wife Ruth and their three children, commenced this *64action in October, 1978 against the defendant Fawcett Publications, Inc., subsequently succeeded in interest by CBS, Inc., charging fraud, breach of contract and conversion. The dispute arose in connection with the publication and distribution of various books and articles written by David and Ruth Manners. The salient facts are as follows.
David and Ruth Manners are authors who have entered into several agreements with Fawcett concerning the publication and…
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