In Re Stein and Day Inc.

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• holding that a publishing contract is not executory where the author wrote two books and assigned to the debtor-publisher the “full term of the copyright for the books”
• explaining that the agreement not to violate intellectual property in a work is an independent obligation already “imposed by law”

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Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Chateaugay Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1989-06-29· cited 63×
• Gencor Industries, Inc. v. CMI Terex Corp. (In Re Gencor Industries, Inc.)
  M.D. Florida· 2003-03-14· cited 13×
• In Re Monge Oil Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1988-03-07· cited 10×
• In Re Learning Publications, Inc.
  M.D. Florida· 1988-12-23· cited 3×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-12-20· cited 1×
• Collision Communications, Inc. v. P Nokia Solutions and Networks OY
  D. New Hampshire· 2025-01-31· cited 1×
• The Weinstein Co Holdings v.
  Third Circuit· 2021-05-21

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lubrizol Enterprises, Inc. v. Richmond Metal Finishers, Inc., in Re Richmond Metal Finishers, Inc., Debtor
  Fourth Circuit· 1985-03-15· cited 205×
• In Re Dorothy Thelma Alexander, Debtor. Ronald R. Benevides and Karole L. Benevides v. Dorothy Thelma Alexander
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-03-04· cited 107×
• In Re Terrence A. Knutson, Bankrupt. Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Edward F. Klinger, Trustee in Bankruptcy and Terrence A. Knutson
  Eighth Circuit· 1977-10-17· cited 79×
• In Re the Select-A-Seat Corporation, an Arizona Corporation, Debtors. Fenix Cattle Company v. Warren M. Silver, Trustee
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-08-11· cited 61×
• In Re Chipwich, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1985-10-24· cited 26×
• In Re Texaco Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1987-05-29· cited 24×
• In Re Monument Record Corp.
  M.D. Tennessee· 1986-06-05· cited 12×

Other cases named In Re Stein and Day Inc.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• In Re Stein and Day, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1988-06-06· cited 5×