Beatrice sues RKO for Kane

[Cyberstrike]

I'm no lawyer, but the summary you've provided, Todd, seems to me to say that the 20% profit participation refers to whatever profits had accrued prior to the exit agreement. And since there were no profits prior to the exit agreement, Welles was entitled to 20% of nothing.

The thing is that while Citzen Kane didn't make money on it's first
release it has made money since then: theather re-releases, video, laser disc, DVD, TV airings. Ms. Wells seems to believe that all money made since then, that she is apprently owed some of it.

[Christopher]

What I gathered from the judge's ruling is that Beatrice has no financial claims on either the movie viewings or TV airings of "Citizen Kane." She may have rights to video and DVD versions, however, but she would need to appeal to establish her rights and also bear the costs of any future appeal. The judge's verdict, if I read it correctly, is that Beatrice has the right to pursue her case but she has not yet won it definitively.