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DOUBLEDAY & CO., INC. v. CURTIS

Nos. 1042, 1192, Dockets 85-7023, 85-7043.

763 F.2d 495 (1985)

DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Tony CURTIS, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Rittinger, New York City (Satterlee & Stephens, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee.

Richard W. Meirowitz, New York City (Jay A. Katz, Marchi, Jaffe, Cohen, Crystal, Rosner & Katz, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before KAUFMAN and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges, and LASKER, District Judge.

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...

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