FOX STATIONS' UPN SUIT HEADED TO CALIFORNIA.(TV Currents)(Fox Television Stations' $108 million lawsuit against UPN appears headed to a California court after a New York court ruling)(Brief Article)

TelevisionWeek, July, 2003 by Greppi, Michele

Byline: Michele Greppi Fox Television Stations' $108 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against Viacom-owned UPN appears headed to a California court after a New York Supreme Court judge dismissed the suit. The judge gave Fox 60 days in which to refile its action in California. At a hearing in late June Judge Karla Moskowitz ruled that the issues and agreements in question were governed by California law, not New York Law.

At issue is money that was paid under a 1997 UPN affiliation agreement to Chicago's WPWR-TV, which Fox acquired last year from Newsweb Corp. Despite favored-nations guarantees, no similar compensation was made to stations owned by former UPN partner Chris-Craft Industries, including WWOR-TV, New York, and KCOP-TV, Los Angeles, which...

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