ARP FILMS, INC. v. MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

No. 86 Civ. 6759 (EW).

645 F.Supp. 876 (1986)

ARP FILMS, INC., Plaintiff, v. MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, a Division of CADENCE INDUSTRIES CORP., Defendant.

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

October 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory J. Battersby, Charles W. Grimes, David Otis Fuller, Jr., Grimes & Battersby, Stamford, Conn., for plaintiff; Lee Ledford, Thomas E. Harrison, Jr., of counsel.

Charles R. Brainard, Stuart J. Sinder, Jonathan D. Reichman, Kenyon & Kenyon, New York City, for defendant.


EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

Arp Films, Inc. is a Tennessee Corporation (Arp) that claims the right to distribute films featuring "superhero" characters owned by Cadence Industries through Cadence's division, Marvel Entertainment Group. Arp commenced this suit against Cadence for damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Cadence has breached a contract with Arp by granting exclusive distribution rights for certain video cassettes to a third party and by unreasonably...

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