Woollcott v. Shubert
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Lee Shubert and others, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 24th day of May, 1915, granting plaintiff’s motion for an injunction pendente lite.
1Dissent
Dowling, J. (dissenting):
The defendants stand upon what they deem is their right to exclude the plaintiff from the theatres controlled by them when he avowedly comes, as a representative of the Hew York Times, to criticise their productions. This they deem doing business in them theatres, and they claim that theirs alone is the privilege of transacting business therein, if they choose to assert it. But they express their willingness to admit him to view their shows, if he can satisfy them that he will transact his business, so far as their plays are concerned, fairly and without injury to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Dudley v. . MayhewNew York Court of Appeals · 1849
- Marrone v. Washington Jockey ClubSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Grannan v. . Westchester Racing Assn.New York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Cook v. . WhippleNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- People Ex Rel. Burnham v. . FlynnNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
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