Raine v. Viacom International Inc.

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered April 26, 1995, which dismissed plaintiff’s action as against defendant Viacom International during a non-jury trial, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

This is an action for film royalties. Viacom is the alleged third-generation successor-in-interest to the obligations of New Rochelle Music Recording Studios, Inc., which was an "original signatory” to the Hollywood Film Trust Agreement in 1955. New Rochelle had owned the rights to a number of cartoons produced by its affiliate, Terry toons, Inc., including 72 episodes of…