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HICKS v. CASABLANCA RECORDS

Nos. 77 Civ. 5399, 78 Civ. 2042.

464 F.Supp. 426 (1978)

Rosalind HICKS, Agatha Christie, Ltd., and William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Plaintiffs, v. CASABLANCA RECORDS and Filmworks, First Artists Corporation, and Warner Brothers, Inc., Defendants. Rosalind HICKS, Agatha Christie, Ltd., and William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Plaintiffs, v. BALLANTINE BOOKS, a division of Random House, Inc., Defendant.

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

September 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcia B. Paul, R. Andrew Boose, Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Michael J. Calvey, Coudert Brothers, New York City, for defendants Casablanca Records and Warner Brothers.

Kevin P. Hughes, Elise S. Solomon and Michael M. Meadvin, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for defendant The First Artists Production Co., Ltd.

Robert M. Callagy, Nancy K. Cassidy, Peter W. Hursh, Satterlee & Stephens, New York City, for defendant Ballantine Books.

OPINION

PIERCE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, the heir and assignees of the late Agatha Christie, seek an order enjoining the defendant movie producers, Casablanca Records, Filmworks, First Artists and Warner Brothers (hereinafter referred to as the "movie case") from distributing or showing the motion picture "Agatha". Plaintiffs, in a related case, similarly seek an order enjoining defendant publisher, Ballantine Books (hereinafter referred to as the "book...

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