Legal Opinion
Schonfeld v. Hilliard
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 5, 2000No. Docket No. 99-7852PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:
BACKGROUND
This case involves a closely-held cable television corporation that imploded just as it was about to launch its flagship channel. In 1988, brothers Russ and Les Hilliard formed International News Network, Inc. (“INN”) to distribute a British news and information channel in the United States (the “Channel”). Prior to this ambitious venture, the Hilliard brothers owned small mid-western cable television companies with an aggregate of only 66,000 subscribers.
To secure large-scale expertise and prestige, INN brought in Reese Schonfeld, a founder and former…
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