Legal Opinion
Bear Creek Productions, Inc. v. Saleh
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 9, 1986No. 85 Civ. 8704 (EW)PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
A contract for the financing and production of a film has spawned this lawsuit replete with eight separate claims allegedly grounded upon federal statutory and pendent jurisdiction. Plaintiffs, producers of a documentary film on homeless children, commenced this action alleging that defendants, who entered into a contract to finance and market the film, have breached the contract, committed fraud in inducing plaintiffs to enter the contract, and violated the Lanham Act. Plaintiffs also make the seemingly inevitable civil RICO claim now commonly appended…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- T. B. Harms Company v. Edward Eliscu and Ross Jungnickel, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Superior Oil Co. v. FulmerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- R.A.G.S. Couture, Inc. v. Mary M. Hyatt and Oren M. WelborneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Harris O. Schoenberg v. Shapolsky Publishers, Incorporated, Ian Shapolsky and Steimatzky Publishing of North America, Inc., Samuel A. Abady, Esq.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Roberts v. Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co., Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1986
- Carlucci v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.District Court, E.D. New York · 1986
- Terra Resources I v. BurginDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1987
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