FREUND v. WASHINGTON SQ. PRESS


34 N.Y.2d 379 (1974)

Philip Freund, Respondent, v. Washington Square Press, Inc., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel T. Camche and Selig J. Levitan for appellant.

Janet Fine Cotton for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES and WACHTLER concur; Judge STEVENS taking no part.


RABIN, J.

In this action for breach of a publishing contract, we must decide what damages are recoverable for defendant's failure to publish plaintiff's manuscript. In 1965, plaintiff, an author and a college teacher, and defendant, Washington Square Press, Inc., entered into a written agreement which, in relevant part, provided as follows. Plaintiff ("author") granted defendant ("publisher") exclusive rights...

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