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RICHARD FEINER v. PARAMOUNT

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95 A.D.3d 232 (2012)

941 N.Y.S.2d 157

2012 NY Slip Op 2593

RICHARD FEINER AND COMPANY INC., Respondent, v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided April 5, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York City (Edward J. Davis, Marcia B. Paul and Elisa L. Miller of counsel), for appellant.

Gregory A. Sioris, New York City, for respondent.

MAZZARELLI, J.P., FRIEDMAN, CATTERSON and DEGRASSE, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

RENWICK, J.

In this action we are asked to interpret a 1986 contract under which defendant's predecessor in interest purchased the rights to exploit 17 feature-length motion pictures produced in the 1940s and 1950s by Warner Brothers. On the one hand, defendant Paramount Pictures Corporation asks us to interpret the contract broadly as to permit defendant to exploit the 17 pictures through national cable deals. On the other hand, plaintiff...

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