DON KING PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. DOUGLAS

No. 90 Civ. 1203 (RWS).

742 F.Supp. 778 (1990)

DON KING PRODUCTIONS, INC., Plaintiff, v. James "Buster" DOUGLAS, John P. Johnson, Golden Nugget, Inc., and the Mirage Casino-Hotel, Defendants.

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

June 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidley & Austin, New York City, for plaintiff; Robert W. Hirth, of counsel.

Hunterton & Naylor, P.C., Las Vegas, Nev., for defendants James "Buster" Douglas and John P. Johnson; C. Stanley Hunterton, of counsel.

Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, New York City, for defendants The Mirage Casino-Hotel and Golden Nugget, Inc.; Robert Fryd, of counsel.


OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

Don King Productions, Inc. ("DKP") moves for partial summary judgment against defendants James "Buster" Douglas ("Douglas") and John P. Johnson ("Johnson") striking these defendants' affirmative defense of unconscionability and dismissing their counterclaims for slander and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The motion is granted for the reasons set forth below.

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