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MTR. OF WRITERS GUILD (PROCKTER PRODS.)

1 N.Y.2d 305 (1956)

In the Matter of the Arbitration between Writers Guild of America East, Inc., et al., Respondents, and Prockter Productions., Inc., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 31, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene L. Bondy for appellant.

Solomon Fisher, Richard B. Jablow and Arthur Kinoy for respondents.

FULD, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE, JJ., concur with CONWAY, Ch. J.; DESMOND, J., dissents in an opinion in which DYE and FROESSEL, JJ., concur.

CONWAY, Ch. J.

In 1952 petitioner-respondent Abram S. Ginnes instituted a Supreme Court action against appellant, Prockter Productions, Inc., based upon an alleged breach by Prockter of a contract to employ him as a writer of radio and television plays. Prior to the trial of the action, negotiations took place between the parties with a view to submitting their existing differences to arbitration. The negotiations...

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