HILTON HOTELS CORP. v. BUTCH LEWIS PRODUCTIONS

No. 20458.

808 P.2d 919 (1991)

HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Appellant/Cross-Respondent, v. BUTCH LEWIS PRODUCTIONS, INC., Butch Lewis, Michael Spinks, Respondents/Cross-Appellants, Dynamic Duo, Inc., Dennis Rappaport and Gerry Cooney, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

April 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lionel Sawyer & Collins and Stephen L. Morris, Las Vegas, for appellant/cross-respondent.

Schreck, Jones, Bernard, Woloson & Godfrey, Las Vegas, for respondents/cross-appellants.

Profeta & Eisenstein, New York City, for respondents/cross-appellants Lewis and Spinks.

Jones, Jones, Close & Brown and Kirk B. Lenhard, Las Vegas, for respondent Cooney.

Herbert Sachs, Las Vegas, for respondent Rappaport.


OPINION

SPRINGER, Justice.

This litigation arises out of a written contract between Hilton and Dynamic Duo, Inc., a Nevada corporation formed by prizefight promoters Butch Lewis and Don King. The Dynamic Duo corporation was formed for the purpose of exhibiting at the Hilton Hotel the last four contests in a series of professional prize-fights (called the "Unification Series" because the series was designed to select one champion from among those recognized...

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