Legal Opinion
Melchior v. New Line Productions, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 28, 2003No. B153239PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SPENCER, P. J.
Introduction
Plaintiff lb Melchior appeals from a summary judgment in favor of defendant New Line Productions, Inc. He claims the trial court made errors of law which led to an erroneous grant of the summary judgment. We agree as to some of his claims of error and reverse the judgment in part.
Facts
On June 17, 1994, lb Melchior (Melchior) and Mark W. Koch (Koch), on behalf of Prelude Pictures, Inc. (Prelude), executed a release agreement (Release Agreement). Prelude had optioned the rights to the motion picture Lost in Space (New Line Cinema 1998) (Picture). Issues had…
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