Legal Opinion
Meredith Corporation v. Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 29, 1974No. 73 Civ. 5446 R.OPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWEN, District Judge.
OPINION
Alleging plagiarism, Harper & Row, Inc., publisher, and Drs. Mussen, Conger and Kagan, authors of “Child Development and Personality”, third edition, 1 move to enjoin the sale of a competing textbook “Child Psychology” prepared by Meredith Corporation, 2 pub
lished by Prentice-Hall, Inc., with Brian Sutton-Smith as its named author. 3 On the record before me there is not only a showing of a probability of success on the merits, but indeed clear and convincing proof of plagiarism, 4 and the need for immediate relief being established, I grant the preliminary…
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Forry, Inc. v. Neundorfer, Inc. And Michael NeundorferCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Q-Co Industries, Inc. v. HoffmanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
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