Universal Studios Inc. v. Viacom Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that “when the parties’ agreements have been breached but neither the innocent party nor the venture suffers immediate quantifiable harm,” the Court can still award equitable relief
• finding Viacom International was an affiliate of Paramount, and therefore subject to the non-compete clause signed by Paramount, when, in part, the two entities were under the common control of the defendant corporation, Viacom Inc.
• “On consummation of the merger, Viacom did become an affiliate of Paramount and assumed Paramount’s obligations to comply with its covenants relevant here.”
• “[I]mmediately following Viacom Inc.’s acquisition of Paramount, Viacom International and Paramount were under the common control of Viacom Inc., and as such were affiliates within the definition of the Guarantee.”
• binding a later-in-time affiliated entity to a noncompete

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Thomson-Csf, S.A. v. American Arbitration Association, Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1995-08-24· cited 847×
• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-27· cited 776×
• Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-17· cited 694×
• Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-18· cited 523×
• R.G. Group, Inc., and R.G. Restaurant Associates v. The Horn & Hardart Company, and Bojangles' of America, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1984-12-11· cited 496×
• Guth v. Loft, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1939-04-11· cited 466×
• Cede & Co. v. Technicolor, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1994-01-18· cited 456×
• Guard-Life Corp. v. S. Parker Hardware Manufacturing Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1980-05-01· cited 445×
• Kelly v. Kosuga
  Supreme Court· 1959-04-06· cited 318×
• In Re Santa Fe Pacific Corp. Shareholder Litigation
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-11-22· cited 306×
• Consarc Corporation v. Marine Midland Bank, N.A.
  Second Circuit· 1993-06-14· cited 230×
• Geyer v. Ingersoll Publications Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1992-06-18· cited 165×
• Weissman v. Sinorm Deli, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1996-06-11· cited 164×
• Brooke Group Ltd. v. JCH Syndicate 488
  New York Court of Appeals· 1996-03-21· cited 144×
• Birnbaum v. Birnbaum
  New York Court of Appeals· 1989-05-09· cited 138×
• Scottish Air International, Inc. And Murray Vidockler v. British Caledonian Group, Plc, Adam Thomson, Dennis H. Walter, and R. Marshall Gibson
  Second Circuit· 1996-04-25· cited 131×
• In re the Arbitration between Aimcee Wholesale Corp. & Tomar Products, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1968-04-18· cited 96×
• Viacom International Inc. v. Tandem Productions, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1975-12-01· cited 46×
• Citibank (South Dakota), N.A. v. Federal Deposit Insurance
  District of Columbia· 1994-05-04· cited 43×
• X.L.O. Concrete Corp. v. Rivergate Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1994-03-24· cited 38×