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AKERMAN v. ORYX COMMUNICATION, INC.

No. 81 Civ. 7388 (ADS).

609 F.Supp. 363 (1984)

Morris AKERMAN and Susan Akerman, Plaintiffs, and Dr. Lawrence Kuhn, Intervenor-Plaintiff, v. ORYX COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Moore & Schley, Cameron & Co., Robertson Securities Corporation, and Laidlaw, Adams & Peck, Inc., Defendants.

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

September 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stull, Stull & Brody, New York City, for plaintiffs; Jules Brody, New York City, of counsel.

Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine, Underberg, Manley & Casey, New York City, for defendant Oryx Communications; Jeffrey A. Fillman, Frederick S. Gold, Robert B. Smith, New York City, of counsel.

Rogers & Wells, New York City, for defendants Moore & Schley, Cameron & Co., Robertson Securities Corp. and Laidlaw, Adams & Peck, William F. Koegel, Timothy F. Michno, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION AND ORDER

SOFAER, District Judge:

Defendant Oryx Communications, Inc. ("Oryx"), a Delaware corporation with its principal executive offices in New York City, was incorporated on April 6, 1981, to acquire video rights to American films and to manufacture and sell video cassettes and video discs for home use abroad. Oryx was the brainchild of Steven Schiffer, an executive formerly with Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, and Thomas Sherwood, one...

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