Legal Opinion
Price v. Hal Roach Studios, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 26, 1975No. 71 Civ. 413PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEWART, District Judge:
This action involves a dispute over the ownership of the commercial rights to use the names and likenesses of Stanley Laurel and Oliver Hardy (“Laurel and Hardy”), the two famous comedians both now deceased. The complaint was filed on January 29, 1971 by plaintiff Larry Harmon Pictures Corporation (“Harmon”), a California corporation, against defendants Hal Roach Studios, Inc. (“Roach”), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in New York, and Richard Feiner & Co. (“Feiner”), a New York partnership. Jurisdiction is predicated upon diversity…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Goldstein v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- James v. PowellNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
- Bradkin v. LevertonNew York Court of Appeals · 1970
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- Lugosi v. Universal PicturesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
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