Legal Opinion
Empire City Amusement Co. v. Wilton
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Decided April 4, 1903No. 1,685PublishedCited by 11 opinions
In Equity.
1Opinion of the Court
LOWEEEs District Judge.
The bill in this case alleges that Block and Opper invented and designed certain cartoons, which were published in the New York Journal and elsewhere under the title of “Alphonse and Gaston”; that the copyright in these pictures was duly taken out by Hearst under an agreement with Block and Opper; that Hearst duly assigned to Block and Opper the sole and exclusive right for theatrical purposes, and the dramatic rights arising from the title and cartoons;. *133that Block and Opper conveyed these rights to the Lester Company; that thereafter the Lester Company duly secured as…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gayler v. WilderSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Black v. Henry G. Allen Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1890
3Cited by11 opinions
- King Features Syndicate v. FleischerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
- M. Witmark & Sons v. Pastime Amusement Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1924
- Fields v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 1950
- New Fiction Pub. Co. v. Star Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1915
- Warner Bros. Inc. v. American Broadcasting CompaniesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
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