Legal Opinion
Robin James, a Married Person in Her Separate Capacity v. Price Stern Sloan, Inc., a Delaware Corporation Penguin Putnam, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 12, 2002No. 00-35321PublishedCited by 170 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:
Robin James is a successful artist. For five years, from 1977 to 1982, she illustrated a series of children’s books published by Price Stern Sloan, Inc. 1 As the books became popular, the originals of James’s illustrations rose in value. Years later, James requested that Price Stern return her original artwork. Price Stern complied by returning all the artwork that it could locate. Having eventually returned about half of the illustrations, Price Stern informed James that the remaining artwork had been irretrievably lost.
James sued Price Stern, claiming compensation…
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