HORWITZ v. SPRAGUE

No. 75 Civ. 3436 (CHT).

440 F.Supp. 1346 (1977)

Arthur J. HORWITZ, Plaintiff, v. Peter J. SPRAGUE, Ronald Avis and James L. D. Roser, Defendants.

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

November 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Landay & Miller, New York City, by Daniel R. Pinello, New York City, for plaintiff.

Robert Beshar, New York City, for defendant Peter J. Sprague.

Ginzburg, Gaines, Gaines, DeBoissiere & Newman, by Robert J. DeBoissiere, Staten Island, N. Y., for defendant Ronald Avis.

Kenneth T. Wasserman, New York City, for defendant James L. D. Roser.


MEMORANDUM

TENNEY, District Judge.

The production of a motion picture based on the Hermann Hesse novel Steppenwolf has generated litigation within this Court's diversity jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Plaintiff Arthur J. Horwitz contends that he was defrauded out of his rightful share in the motion picture project by defendants Peter J. Sprague, the eventual producer of the movie, and two initial investors in the project, Ronald Avis and James...

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