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RICE v. PENGUIN PUTNAM

188 Misc.2d 693 (2001)

729 N.Y.S.2d 377

ADAM Z. RICE, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. PENGUIN PUTNAM, INC., Defendant.

Supreme Court, Kings County.

July 13, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher L. L. P., New York City (Mark B. Holton and Aric H. Wu of counsel), for defendant.

Beatie & Osborn L. L. P., New York City (Eduard Korsinsky and Daniel A. Osborn of counsel), for plaintiff.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MARTIN SCHNEIER, J.

In this case, the plaintiffs learned the hard way that "you can't judge a book by its cover."

In 1996, William J. Caunitz, the best-selling author of six novels, died. At the time of his death, he was working on the manuscript of a new book. This manuscript was later completed by his friend Christopher Newman, a lesser-known author, and was published in 1999 as...

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