Legal Opinion
Christianson v. West Pub. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1945No. 10750PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARRECHT, Circuit Judge.
Appellant brought this action to enjoin appellee from infringing a copyright secured by appellant in 1909 upon a map entitled “Directory Map of the National Reporter System,” which copyright was renewed in 1937.
Appellee is engaged in the business of publishing law reports designated as the “National Reporter System,” which was conceived by appellee between the years 1879 and 1887. It is a system whereby the United States is divided into seven groups of states, each group appropriately designated, and the state court opinions m the states comprising each group are…
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- Perris v. HexamerSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Lowenfels v. NathanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1932
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