RAINE v. CBS, INC.

No. 96 Civ. 7863(AGS).

25 F.Supp.2d 434 (1998)

Kenneth E. RAINE, as Trustee of the Film Funds Trust Funds, Plaintiff, v. CBS, INC., formerly known as Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., Defendant.

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

November 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Mandelsberg, Eric A. Lidman, Hahn & Hessen LLP, New York City, for Plaintiff.

Susanna M. Lowy, Cameron A. Stracher, Litigation Counsel, CBS, New York City, Robert G. Sugarman, Ronald R. Rossi, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York City, for Dfendant.


OPINION and ORDER

SCHWARTZ, District Judge.

In this breach of contract action, plaintiff Kenneth E. Raine, as Trustee of the Film Funds Trust Funds (the "Trustee"), seeks to collect revenue from defendant CBS, Inc. ("CBS") pursuant to the terms of two Television Film Trust Agreements (the "Trust Agreements") entered into by the parties in the 1950s. The essential requirement of the Trust Agreements is that producers and distributors are to make royalty...

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