Legal Opinion
Flack v. United Artists Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 10, 1974No. 74 Civ. 2482(MP)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
POLLACK, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a prominent popular songstress, has applied for a preliminary injunction, pursuant to Rule 65, Fed.R. Civ.P., to restrain defendants from selling, showing, or distributing the motion *638picture “Huckleberry Finn” and the soundtrack album from that movie. The litigation is in essence centered around whether the plaintiff had the right of approval of the use and approved of the use in the picture of a song which she had recorded for defendants.
The facts bearing on this application are as follows.
In May of 1973 the plaintiff was approached by defendant…
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- University of Notre Dame Du Lac v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1965
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