ELVIN ASSOCIATES v. FRANKLIN

No. 85 Civ. 5723 (WK).

680 F.Supp. 121 (1988)

ELVIN ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff, v. Aretha FRANKLIN and Crown Productions, Inc., Defendants.

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

March 1, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay D. Kramer, New York City, for plaintiff.

Thomas S. Howard, Thacher, Profitt & Wood, New York City, for defendants.


WHITMAN KNAPP, District Judge.

In this action, plaintiff Elvin Associates, whose principal is Ashton Springer,1 alleges that defendants Aretha Franklin and Crown Productions, Inc. breached a contract under which Franklin was to star in a New York musical production entitled "Sing Mahalia Sing" ("Mahalia"), which plaintiff was to produce and manage. Defendants have denied that they entered into...

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