Legal Opinion

Arnold Productions, Inc. v. Favorite Films Corp.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided September 29, 1959PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS F. MURPHY, District Judge.

This is a diversity action by the owner of two motion pictures against two distributors, Favorite Films Corporation (hereinafter called Favorite), to whom it had granted the exclusive right to exploit the pictures in theaters and on television throughout the United States and Canada, and against Nationwide Television Corporation (hereinafter called Nationwide), whom Favorite sublicensed as its exclusive agent for the television exploitation of the films. The pictures in suit are reissues entitled, It Happened Tomorrow and Hangmen Also Die.

The complaint alleges…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Deering, Milliken & Co., Inc. v. Joseph Gilbert, Individually and Doing Business as Gilbert Textile CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
  2. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. v. Remington Records, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
  3. Hart v. United Artists Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
  4. Madison Pictures, Inc. v. Pictorial Films, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1956

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Van Valkenburgh, Nooger & Neville, Inc. v. Hayden Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1972
  2. DaimlerChrysler Motors Co., LLC v. Manuel, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2012
  3. James Bloor, as Reorganization Trustee of Balco Properties Corporation, and Cross-Appellant v. Falstaff Brewing Corporation, and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
  4. Robbins v. Ogden Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1980
  5. CKB & Associates, Inc. v. Moore McCormack Petroleum, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1991

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