Legal Opinion
Hemingway v. Random House, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 21, 1966PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarry B. Frank, J.
Plaintiff, the widow of the world-renowned author Ernest Hemingway, seeks a preliminary injunction, both on her own behalf and as executrix of her husband’s estate, to enjoin the forthcoming publication by the *727defendant Random House of a book entitled “Papa Hemingway ” written by the defendant Hotchner.
Hotchner, himself a successful author and playwright, was admittedly a close and intimate friend of both Hemingways up to the time of the writer’s death in 1961, and while his friendship with the plaintiff continued for some time thereafter it was apparently rendered asunder by the literary…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sidis v. FR Pub. CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- Gautier v. Pro-Football, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1952
- Koussevitzky v. Allen, Towne & Heath, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1947
- University of Notre Dame Du Lac v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1965
- Werner v. Times-Mirror Co.California Court of Appeal · 1961
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Ronald E. Galella v. Jacqueline Onassis, John Walsh, and United States of America, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Corabi v. Curtis Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Rosemont Enterprises, Inc. v. Random House, Inc. And John KeatsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Kapellas v. KofmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- Estate of Hemingway v. Random House, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1968
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