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"DC Comics and Warner Bros&amp;#039; long-running lawsuit with the heirs of Superman&amp;#039;s co-creators looks set to continue. The studios won what was thought to be a decisive victory over the families of Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel in January, but the latter camp has now hit back with claims of breach of contract.   The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals previously ruled that a 2001 settlement agreement between DC and the heirs legally handed the license to the comic publisher, but the Siegel estate insists the terms of the contract were not fulfilled. &amp;quot;DC failed to perform or to even tender performance by March 31, 2002, the date agreed upon,&amp;quot; The Hollywood Reporter quotes the Siegels&amp;#039; lawyer Marc Toberoff as saying.  &amp;quot;DC anticipatorily breached by instead demanding unacceptable new and revised terms as a condition to its performance; accordingly, the Siegels rescinded the agreement, and DC abandoned the agreement.&amp;quot; However, Warner Bros has filed for summary judgement that the 2001 contract is legally enforceable, and is confident of resolving the dispute within the next &amp;quot;60 to 90 days&amp;quot;. A quick fix is within the company&amp;#039;s interest with its Man of Steel movie due to arrive in theatres on June 14.  Photo gallery - Man of Steel trailer stills:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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