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PRICE v. HAL ROACH STUDIOS, INC.

No. 71 Civ. 413.

400 F.Supp. 836 (1975)

Lucille Hardy PRICE et al., Plaintiffs, v. HAL ROACH STUDIOS, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

June 26, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Golenbock & Barell, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Pryor, Braun, Cashman & Sherman, New York City, for defendants Hal Roach Studios, Inc. and Herbert Gelbspan.

Lynne Anderson Warren, Green Farms, Conn., for defendant Richard Feiner and Co., Inc. and Richard Feiner, individually.

Engelman, Kiernan & Fishman, New York City, for defendant Overseas Programming Companies, Ltd.

OPINION

STEWART, District Judge:

This action involves a dispute over the ownership of the commercial rights to use the names and likenesses of Stanley Laurel and Oliver Hardy ("Laurel and Hardy"), the two famous comedians both now deceased. The complaint was filed on January 29, 1971 by plaintiff Larry Harmon Pictures Corporation ("Harmon"), a California corporation, against defendants Hal Roach Studios, Inc...

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