Legal Opinion
Filmvideo Releasing Corp. v. Hastings
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 2, 1981No. 75 Civ. 2248 (HFW)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WERKER, District Judge.
Plaintiff commenced this action to obtain a declaratory judgment permitting it to license for television exhibition 23 motion pictures concerning the character Hopalong Cassidy (the “Hopalong Cassidy Motion Pictures”). Plaintiff contended that both the Hopalong Cassidy Motion Pictures and 26 books written by Clarence E. Mulford, (the “Hopalong Cassidy Books”), were in the public domain for all purposes. The defendant and Intervenors whose predecessor in interest is Clarence E. Mulford, counterclaimed against plaintiff seeking injunctive relief and damages for…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Nichols v. Universal Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- Filmvideo Releasing Corp. v. HastingsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1976
- Filmvideo Releasing Corp. v. HastingsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
- Filmvideo Releasing Corp. v. HastingsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
3Cited by5 opinions
- Barbara Horgan, as of the Estate of George Balanchine, Plaintiff v. MacMillan Inc., Ellen Switzer, Steven Caras, and CostasCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- Filmvideo Releasing Corp. v. HastingsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Burroughs v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1981
- Filmvideo Releasing Corporation v. David R. Hastings IiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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