METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. v. SCHEIDER


40 N.Y.2d 1069 (1976)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., Respondent, v. Roy Scheider et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 28, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Reyner Samet for appellants.

Jesse Climenko for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur in Per Curiam opinion.


Per Curiam.

Following a nonjury trial and confronted with sometimes conflicting evidence, the court found that the parties had entered into an oral contract by which appellant had agreed to be principal actor in a pilot film and in the television series which might develop therefrom. After performing in the pilot and being fully compensated therefor, appellant refused to perform in the subsequent television series...

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