UPDATED: 5:10 PM: Warner Bros Discovery‘s lawsuit against over South Park streaming rights looks like it’s headed to trial. In a legal win for WBD, a Manhattan judge ruled today that defendant Paramount Global might have breached its contract with the David Zaslav-run company.
Justice Margaret Chan of New York State Supreme Court denied a motion for summary judgment by Paramount Global and MTV Entertainment Studios to dismiss the “unjust enrichment” portion of the $200 million suit (read the ruling here). The decision clears the way for the case to go before a jury.
“Plaintiff makes multiple allegations that defendants deny but at this time have neither proven nor disproven,” Chan wrote.
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At issue is the right to stream episodes labeled as “specials” not specified in the companies’ deal. Chan ruled that
Paramount/MTV had argued that the
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