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RODGERS v. SOUND OF MUSIC CO.

74 Misc.2d 699 (1972)

Richard Rodgers et al., as Executors of Oscar Hammerstein II, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. Sound of Music Company et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Trial Term, New York County.

May 3, 1972

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blum, Haimoff, Gersen, Lipson & Szabad (Louis Haimoff and Joseph G. Blum of counsel), for plaintiffs. Sullivan & Cromwell (David W. Peck and Joel M. Miller of counsel), for Sound of Music Company and another, defendants. Botein, Hays, Sklar & Herzberg (Bernard Botein, Ben Herzberg and Gerald G. Paul of counsel), for William Fitelson and others, defendants.

JACOB MARKOWITZ, J.

The "Sound of Music", a play with music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hammerstein, book by Lindsay and Crouse, and produced by Hayward and Halliday, world famous for its words and its music, fantastically successful, and made into a movie about to be re-released, spawned this litigation.

BACKGROUND:

The play was produced under a contract dated July 20, 1959 between Hayward and...

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