HUGHES TOOL CO. v. FAWCETT PUBLICATIONS, INC.


325 A.2d 621 (1974)

HUGHES TOOL COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. FAWCETT PUBLICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation, and Noah Dietrich, Defendants. ROSEMONT ENTERPRISES, INC., a Nevada corporation, Plaintiff, v. FAWCETT PUBLICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation, and Noah Dietrich, Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

September 11, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Samuel Arsht, David A. Drexler, Lewis S. Black, Jr., and Lawrence C. Ashby, of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, and Davis & Cox, New York City, for plaintiffs.

E. D. Griffenberg, Jr., and Peter M. Sieglaff, of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, for defendant Fawcett Publications, Inc.

Charles F. Richards, Jr., and R. Franklin Balotti, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, and Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D. C., for defendant Noah Dietrich.


MARVEL, Vice Chancellor:

The factual background of the above companion cases is found in two opinions of this Court reported in 290 A.2d 693, and 297 A.2d 428, as well as in an opinion of the Supreme Court of Delaware reported in 315 A.2d 577. In brief, on August 1, 1959, two agreements were entered into by the defendant Noah Dietrich, the first with Hughes Tool Company...

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