MON-SHORE MANAGEMENT, INC. v. FAMILY MEDIA, INC.

Nos. 83 Civ. 2013-CLB, 83 Civ. 2014-CLB, 83 Civ. 5548-CLB and 83 Civ. 5550-CLB.

584 F.Supp. 186 (1984)

MON-SHORE MANAGEMENT, INC. and James P. Richie, Plaintiffs, v. FAMILY MEDIA, INC., et al., Defendants. CHARANDON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. and Donald L. Nagle, Plaintiffs, v. FAMILY MEDIA, INC., et al., Defendants. ERIN PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. and Alan Berg, Plaintiffs, v. FAMILY MEDIA, INC., et al., Defendants. John E. McGRANE, Plaintiff, v. FAMILY MEDIA, INC., et al., Defendants.

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

March 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Lankenau, Lankenau, Kovner & Bickford, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Sheldon Horowitz, Martin S. Weber, Patricia A. Pallingayan, Dept. of Law, New York City, for intervenor State of N.Y.

Kenneth Laptine, Carro, Spanbock, Fass, Geller, Kaster & Cuiffo, New York City, for defendants Family Media, Inc., 1001 Home/Decorating Ideas, Inc., Robert Riordan, Florence X. Geffen, and David B. Chase, as Executors of the Estate of Maxwell M. Geffen, and Kathleen Parmenter.

Edward B. Ryder, Hertz & Ryder, Farmingdale, N.Y., for defendants 1001 Home/Decorating Ideas Agency, Inc., Roy W. Titus, Robert G. Emmett and Eric H. Stiefling.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BRIEANT, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in these related cases, residents of four states, including New York, were franchisees of one or more of the defendants, who allegedly entered into business relationships with them between 1980 and 1982. The lawsuits arise under a variety of federal and state statutes, and also present common law claims. Jurisdiction is based on federal questions, diversity...

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