Legal Opinion
Hicks v. Casablanca Records
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 19, 1978No. 77 Civ. 5399, 78 Civ. 2042PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PIERCE, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, the heir and assignees of the late Agatha Christie, seek an order enjoining the defendant movie producers, Casablanca Records, Filmworks, First Artists and Warner Brothers (hereinafter referred to as the “movie case”) from distributing or showing the motion picture “Agatha”. Plaintiffs, in a related case, similarly seek an order enjoining defendant publisher, Ballantine Books (hereinafter referred to as the “book case”) from distributing or making the book Agatha available to the public.
The defendants in both cases oppose the plaintiffs’ applications…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Melanie Geisler v. Orlando R. Petrocelli and Pinnacle Books, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Ginger Rogers v. Alberto Grimaldi, Mgm/ua Entertainment Co., and Pea Produzioni Europee Associate, S.R.L.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- Jackie Collins Lerman v. Flynt Distributing Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Rosa Parks v. Laface RecordsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
- Etw Corporation v. Jireh Publishing, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
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