Court Opinion

ID: 9492558
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 14:43:59.491235+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:55:21.940568
License: Public Domain

WILLIAM STAFFORD, Senior District Judge,
dissenting.
I cannot agree that the district judge erred in granting summary judgment in favor of Macy’s. Macy’s offered Joanna Pacitti the opportunity of starring in the 20th Anniversary Broadway production *779and national tour of “Annie.” Joanna Pa-citti received that opportunity. She auditioned for the part of Annie; she was selected by the show’s producers to play the part of Annie; and she, in fact, played the part of Annie, performing in over one hundred performances in six cities during the production’s national tour. She did not, however, appear on Broadway because the producers decided to replace her before the Broadway opening.
The district court concluded, and I agree, that Joanna Pacitti received the benefit of her bargain with Macy’s. Because I do not believe that her contract with Macy’s was subject to the interpretation urged by Plaintiffs, I must respectfully dissent.