Legal Opinion
Hemingway v. Random House, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 21, 1967PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell D. Schweitzer, J.
This is an action by the estate of Ernest Hemingway, and by Mary Hemingway, his widow and executrix, against Random House, Inc., and A. E. Hotchner, publisher and author, respectively, of the book “ Papa Hemingway”. The book is subtitled “a personal memoir ”, and may be properly assessed as a serious and revealing biographical portrait of the world-renowned writer by the younger author who enjoyed Hemingway’s friendship. The book deals, except for occasional “ flashbacks ”, only with the period of that friendship, 1948-1961, which were the last 13 years of Hemingway’s life.
In the main, the…
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