Sony Corp. of America v. Stone Appliance Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered on June 4, 1974, granting plaintiff’s motion, adjudging defendant to be in contempt and directing a reference to hear and report as to the amount of defendant’s profits, unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of restricting the scope of the hearing directed to plaintiff’s actual loss or injury by reason of defendant’s misconduct. As so modified, the order appealed from is affirmed, without costs and without disbursements. Section 773 of the Judiciary Law permits a fine in the amount of the actual loss or injury suffered by the victim of…