Legal Opinion
Financial Information, Inc. v. Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 23, 1983No. 81 Civ. 6001 (RLC)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.
This is a copyright action in which the plaintiff, Financial Information, Inc. (“FII”), charges the defendant, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), with copying the information that FII gathers and publishes each day on bonds called for redemption. 1 Moody’s has moved for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56, F.R. Civ.P., alleging, first, that the daily bond data that FII publishes are individual facts and therefore not copyrightable as compilations and, second, that FII has not registered its daily called bond service with the United States…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Callaghan v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- A. A. Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., and Michael MacDonald MooneyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Gene Miller v. Universal City Studios, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Rosemont Enterprises, Inc. v. Random House, Inc. And John KeatsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Jeweler's Circular Pub. Co. v. Keystone Pub. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Financial Information, Inc. v. Moody's Investors Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Bellsouth Advertising & Publishing Corp. v. Donnelley Information Publishing, Inc.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1988
- Rural Telephone Service Co. v. Feist Publications, Inc.District Court, D. Kansas · 1987
- United Telephone Co. of Missouri v. Johnson Publishing Co.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1987
- BellSouth Adv. & Pub. v. Donnelley Inf. Pub.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1988
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