Legal Opinion
Doubleday & Company, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Tony Curtis, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 22, 1985No. 1042, 1192, Dockets 85-7023, 85-7043PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge.
Mindful of the limited function of the judiciary in the private contractual realm, and aware of the dangers arising from judicial interference with the editorial process, we are today required to interpret an agreement entered into by an author and his publisher.
This dispute arose when, pursuant to the terms of a standard publishing agreement, Doubleday & Co. rejected as unsatisfactory a manuscript submitted by Tony Curtis. Each party then sued for breach of contract; Doubleday brought an action for recovery of the advance it remitted Curtis, and Curtis…
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- Schenectady Steel Co. v. Bruno Trimpoli General Construction Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Gilberto Jimenez v. The Tuna Vessel "Granada," Her Engines, Boilers, Tackle, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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