Legal Opinion
Landon v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 13, 1974No. 74 Civ. 518PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LASKER, District Judge.
In 1944 Margaret Landon entered into an agreement with Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (Fox) to sell, among other things, “motion picture rights” to her book entitled “Anna and the King of Siam”. In 1972 Fox produced 13 films which were broadcast on the CBS Television network as a weekly serial entitled “Anna and the King.”
This suit presents the question whether the 1944 agreement between Landon and Fox authorized Fox to produce and exhibit the 1972 series through defendant CBS. In addition to her assertion that the series infringed her…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Fred Fisher Music Co. v. M. Witmark & SonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Irene Bartsch v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Capital Temporaries, Inc. Of Hartford, and v. The Olsten Corporation, AndCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Usner v. Luckenbach Overseas Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by20 opinions
- CNA Casualty of California v. Seaboard Surety Co.California Court of Appeal · 1986
- Harold Friedman Inc. v. Thorofare Markets Inc. And Union Real Estate CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Brunswick Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. Riegel Textile Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Plekowski v. Ralston Purina Co.District Court, M.D. Georgia · 1975
- Rooney v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1982
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