Legal Opinion
Schmidt v. Holy Cross Cemetery, Inc.
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided December 29, 1993No. 92-2436-JWLPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LUNGSTRUM, District Judge.
I. Introduction
This is an action for infringement of plaintiffs federally registered copyright in violation of copyright laws of the United States, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. The case involves the alleged infringement of plaintiffs copyright to the plat of the Holy Cross Cemetery located in Hays, Kansas.
Plaintiff created a plat for the Holy Cross Cemetery showing an arrangement for potential burial sites on the land owned by the defendant cemetery corporation. The copyright on this plat was registered by plaintiff and a Certificate of Copyright…
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