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PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP. v. DAVIS

Docket No. 28433.

228 Cal.App.2d 827 (1964)

39 Cal. Rptr. 791

PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BETTE DAVIS et al., Defendants and Appellants; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION et al., Interveners and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

July 31, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving B.J. Levine and Barry L. Hirsch for Defendants and Appellants.

Prinzmetal & Maizlish and Musick, Peeler & Garrett and Bruce A. Bevan, Jr., for Interveners and Appellants.

O'Melveny & Myers and Rodney E. Nelson for Plaintiff and Respondent.

FOURT, J., and LILLIE, J.

This is an application for a writ of supersedeas to stay the enforcement of a preliminary injunction pending an appeal from the injunctive order. The injunction issued in an action commenced by Paramount Pictures Corporation ("Paramount"), against Bette Davis ("Davis") in which Paramount sought to compel performance of a contract.

Under the contract, dated November 11, 1963, Davis was employed by Paramount to act, play and perform...

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