TRI-STAR PICTURES, INC. v. LEISURE TIME PRODUCTIONS, B.V.

88 Civ. 9127 (DNE).

749 F.Supp. 1243 (1990)

TRI-STAR PICTURES, INC., Plaintiff, v. LEISURE TIME PRODUCTIONS, B.V., Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff, v. COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC., Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Horizon Pictures G.B., Academy Pictures A.G. and David Bottoms, and Hon. Raya S. Dreben as Executors of the Estate of Samuel Spiegel, Third Party Defendants.

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

October 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York City (Ira S. Sacks, Cory M. Gray, of counsel), for plaintiff Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. and for third-party defendants Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. and Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.

Scheichet & Elvin, P.C., New York City (William J. Davis, of counsel), for defendant and third-party plaintiff Leisure Time Productions, B.V.

Weiss, Dawid, Fross, Zelnick & Lehrman, P.C., New York City (Richard Lehv, Alan Zelnick, Glenn Mitchell, of counsel), for third-party defendant Academy Pictures A.G.


OPINION & ORDER

EDELSTEIN, District Judge:

Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. ("Tri-Star") brought this declaratory judgment action to resolve a contract dispute between Tri-Star and Leisure Time Productions, B.V. ("Leisure Time") involving the planned release of a motion picture entitled "Return From The River Kwai." Tri-Star also brought a second declaratory judgment action, 88 Civ. 9129 (DNE), which seeks to establish...

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