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HELLMAN v. SAMUEL GOLDWYN PRODS.

26 N.Y.2d 175 (1970)

Lillian Hellman, Appellant, v. Samuel Goldwyn Productions et al., Respondents, et al., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 26, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Bernard Richland and Oscar Bernstien for appellant.

Ambrose Doskow for respondents.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BERGAN, BRIETEL, JASEN and GIBSON concur; Judge BURKE taking no part.

SCILEPPI, J.

On January 19, 1940, Lillian Hellman (hereinafter appellant), author of the play "The Little Foxes", entered into a contract which granted to Samuel Goldwyn, Inc. all motion picture rights in appellant's play. Pursuant to this contract, a feature motion picture was produced and exhibited in various theaters. Thereafter, defendant-respondent, Samuel Goldwyn Productions, the successor in interest to...

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