Legal Opinion
Tele-Pac, Inc. v. Grainger
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 12, 1990PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
David B. Saxe, J.
On this application for summary judgment, the issue for *1089determination is the extent of a contractual grant of "home television” rights to certain motion pictures. The contract under scrutiny here was entered into between plaintiff Video-Cinema Films, Inc. (Video-Cinema) and plaintiff Tele-Pac, Inc. (Tele-Pac) on November 18, 1964 (the 1964 Agreement), prior to the maturing of the market for videocassettes and videodiscs, but at a time when the technology of videocassettes and videodiscs must have been known to the contracting parties. The question is…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- William C. Atwater & Co. v. Panama RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- Rooney v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1982
- Zodiac Enterprises, Inc. v. American Broadcasting Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Platinum Record Co., Inc. v. Lucasfilm, Ltd.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1983
3Cited by4 opinions
- Tele-Pac, Inc. v. GraingerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Roth v. BowmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- P.C. Films Corp. v. Turner Entertainment Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1997
- Tele-Pac, Inc. v. GraingerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991