Legal Opinion
Feiner & Co. v. Paramount Pictures Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 5, 2012PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Renwick, J.
In this action we are asked to interpret a 1986 contract under which defendant’s predecessor in interest purchased the rights to exploit 17 feature-length motion pictures produced in the 1940s and 1950s by Warner Brothers. On the one hand, defendant Paramount Pictures Corporation asks us to interpret the contract broadly as to permit defendant to exploit the 17 pictures through national cable deals. On the other hand, plaintiff Richard Feiner and Company Inc. asks us to interpret the contract narrowly to reserve to plaintiff, as the grantor, the exclusive right…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- W.W.W. Associates, Inc. v. GiancontieriNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Greenfield v. Philles Records, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 2002
- International Multifoods Corporation v. Commercial Union Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- Goldman v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
- Readco, Inc., R.D.P. Associates, Lan Associates Xii and Antonio Reale v. Marine Midland Bank Eagle Rock Holding, Inc., a New York Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by4 opinions
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Palm Beach Mall, LLCDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015
- Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority v. County of NassauAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- PMI, by and through its special servicer, Orix Capital Markets, LLC v. Palm Beach Mall, LLC, Simon Property Group, LP., a/k/a Simon Property Group, L.P., d/b/a DeBartolo Realty Partnership, LTD. and Simon Palm Beach, LLCDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015
- Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II, LP v. BDCM Opportunity Fund II, LP (In re Allied System Holdings Inc.)District Court, D. Delaware · 2016