Legal Opinion
Alternative Thinking Systems, Inc. v. Simon & Schuster, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 7, 1994No. 92 Civ. 4105 (MGC)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CEDARBAUM, District Judge.
This diversity action arises from a dispute over a publishing contract between plaintiff, Alternative Thinking Systems (“ATS”), a Canadian corporation, and defendant, Simon & Schuster, a New York corporation. The complaint alleges that after Simon & Schus-ter had accepted as satisfactory for publication a book written by Ian Boris, the late President of ATS, it breached the contract by refusing to publish the book. ATS seeks specific performance of the agreement to publish and, in the alternative, money damages. Simon & Schuster counterclaims for reimbursement…
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