Hastings Law Journal Volume 46 | Issue 2 Article 6 1-1995 Main Line v. Basinger and the Mixed Motive Manager: Reexamining the Agent's Privilege to Induce Breach of Contract Stephen P. Clark Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.uchastings.edu/hastings_law_journal Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Stephen P. Clark, Main Line v. Basinger and the Mixed Motive Manager: Reexamining the Agent's Privilege to Induce Breach of Contract, 46 Hastings L.J. 609 (1995). Available at: https://repository.uchastings.edu/hastings_law_journal/vol46/iss2/6 This Note is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Hastings Law Journal by an authorized editor of UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Main Line v. Basinger and the Mixed Motive Manager: Reexamining the Agent's Privilege to Induce Breach of Contract by STEPHEN P. CLARK* Introduction In Main Line Pictures,Inc. v. Basinger,1 an independent produc- tion company sued Kim Basinger for breaching an oral agreement to appear in the film Boxing Helena. On March 24, 1993, the jury ruled for Main Line Pictures on the contract claim and ordered Basinger to pay $8.92 million in damages. 2 Since then, pundits and lawyers alike have speculated whether the verdict against Basinger will change the way Hollywood does business.3 Main Line's tortious inducement claim against International Creative Management (ICM), Basinger's agent at the time of the breach has received far less attention.