(DOWNLOAD) "Ring v. Spina" by United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Ring v. Spina
- Author : United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
- Release Date : January 19, 1945
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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CLARK, Circuit Judge: This is an appeal from an order of the District Court vacating a temporary injunction and denying a motion for such injunction pending trial in an action for treble damages under the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 15, and for other relief. Defendants Spina, Heyman, and Hannan are authors of a theatrical production called "Stovepipe Hat." The other defendants are Pauker, agent of these authors, and The Dramatists Guild of the Authors League of America, Inc., an association said to include substantially all the playwrights in the country. Restraint of trade is alleged to be accomplished by means of the Guilds Minimum Basic Agreement, which a producer or "manager" must sign before any Guild members, such as the authors herein, may license or sell to him their works. The Basic Agreement, among other things, fixes the minimum terms under which the Guild permits any of its members to lease or license a play, including the minimum advance payments and the minimum royalties to be paid by a manager. It limits contracts by both managers and authors to those made under its own terms, and between managers and members, both of whom are "in good standing" with the Guild. It also provides that any dispute shall be finally adjudicated by arbitration.
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