Legal Opinion
Waverly Productions, Inc. v. RKO General, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 28, 1963No. Civ. 26523PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAshburn, J.
Plaintiff, Waverly Productions, Inc., appeals from an adverse judgment in favor of defendant RKO General, Inc., rendered in an action for declaratory relief which grew out of a motion picture distribution agreement between the two companies dated October 14, 1957. Plaintiff agreed to produce two pictures having release titles “En- . chanted Island” and “From the Earth to the Moon,” and defendant was constituted distributor for both, its license to cover the entire world. Performance of the agreement would require expenditure of large sums of money by each party.
Appellant’s major contention is…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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