CHODOS v. WEST PUBLISHING CO.

No. 00-55954.

292 F.3d 992 (2002)

Rafael CHODOS, an individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., a Minnesota Corporation doing business in California dba Bancroft-Whitney Company, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hillel Chodos, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Randall Kay, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellee.

Before BROWNING, REINHARDT and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.


REINHARDT, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the question whether a publisher retains the right to reject an author's manuscript written pursuant to a standard industry agreement, even though the manuscript is of the quality contemplated by both parties. In this case, attorney Rafael Chodos entered into a standard Author Agreement with the Bancroft-Whitney Publishing Company under which he agreed to write a treatise on the intriguing subject of the law of fiduciary...

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