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THIS IS ME, INC. v. TAYLOR

No. 97-7150.

157 F.3d 139 (1998)

THIS IS ME, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Elizabeth TAYLOR, Zev Bufman, and Zev Bufman Entertainment, Inc., Defendants-Appellees,

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Chesebro, Cambridge, MA (Robert C. Maland, P.A., Miami, FL, Richard L. Katz, Katz & Mestre, Coral Gables, FL, on the brief) for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mark Abramowitz, New York City (Gilbert C. Hoover, IV, Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl, LLP on the brief) for Defendants-Appellees Zev Bufman and Zev Bufman Entertainment, Inc.

Ira G. Greenberg, New York City (Thomas E. Hone, Edwards & Angell on the brief) for Defendant-Appellee Elizabeth Taylor.

Before: JACOBS and LEVAL, Circuit Judges, and MISHLER, District Judge.

JACOBS, Circuit Judge:

Actress Cicely Tyson, through her personal services corporation, plaintiff-appellant This Is Me, Inc., agreed to undertake the lead role in a Broadway production of "The Corn is Green" and in a contemplated taping of the production for television, and sues to recover unpaid fees for her services. Several contracts are arguably in issue; some are standard Actors' Equity (sometimes "Equity") form contracts, others are not; all are signed by and...

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