Legal Opinion
Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. v. New England Patriots Football Club, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 20, 1980PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
Following the withholding by Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Inc. (Group W), of $41,750 from scheduled payments to New England Patriots Football Club, Inc. (Club), during the 1978 season for television rights, Group W and the Club resolved their controversy with a letter dated May 9, 1979, amending their underlying agreement (made August 1, 1976) for a license of radio broadcast and telecast rights. That letter amendment compromised the amount due the Club for 1978. It also set up a schedule of five $40,000 instalment payments for the license, each to be made on the first days of August,…
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