Legal Opinion
Billops v. Magness Construction Co.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided July 21, 1978PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McNEILLY, Justice.
Plaintiffs brought suit in Superior Court against Magness Construction Co., t/a Brandywine Hilton Inn, Inc., (the franchisee), Hilton Inns, Inc., Hilton Hotels Corporation, Hilton International Co., (collectively denominated as franchisors), and Gray Magness, charging false imprisonment, invasion of privacy intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, battery, assault and defamation. The incident which led to the suit occurred at the defendant Brandywine Hilton Inn when the banquet director of the Inn wrongfully attempted to extort funds in addition to those…
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- Nichols v. Arthur Murray, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1967
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