Obolensky v. G.P. Putnam's Sons

OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Helene Obolensky and Helene Obolensky Enterprises, Inc. sue defendant publisher, G.P. Putnam’s Sons (“Putnam’s”), for damages on numerous causes of action. The factual background to the complaint centers about a book entitled Nureyev, by Clive Barnes (“the Book”), the copyright to which is owned by plaintiffs, and for whose publication plaintiffs entered into negotiations with Putnam’s in May and June 1982. These negotiations terminated in early July 1982 without a signed agreement between the parties, and thereafter plaintiffs published and…