U.S. District Court / S.D. New York

Vista Co. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.

Decided December 6, 1989. Leonard Burke Sand wrote the opinion for the court.

725 F. Supp. 1286 · Cited 52 times

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Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41
Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16
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Fourth Ocean Putnam Corp. v. Interstate Wrecking Co. · 66 N.Y.2d 38
Sabo v. Delman · 3 N.Y.2d 155
Mars Associates, Inc. v. New York City Educational Construction Fund · 126 A.D.2d 178
Brokers' Assistant, Inc. v. Williams Real Estate Co. · 646 F. Supp. 1110
Airco Alloys Division v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. · 76 A.D.2d 68
New York Telephone Co. v. Jamestown Telephone Corp. · 26 N.E.2d 295
Goldman v. McMahan, Brafman, Morgan & Co. · 706 F. Supp. 256
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Strauss v. Belle Realty Co. · 98 A.D.2d 424
Lake Placid Club Attached Lodges v. Elizabethtown Builders, Inc. · 131 A.D.2d 159
De Muro v. Hutton · 643 F. Supp. 63
Litton Industries, Inc. v. Lehman Bros. Kuhn Loeb · 709 F. Supp. 438
In Re Gas Reclamation, Inc. Securities Litigation · 659 F. Supp. 493
Long Island Lighting Co. v. Transamerica Delaval, Inc. · 646 F. Supp. 1442
Martin Ice Cream Co. v. Chipwich, Inc. · 554 F. Supp. 933
Robbins v. Ogden Corp. · 490 F. Supp. 801
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