Legal Opinion
Sheldon v. Moredall Realty Corporation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 1, 1937PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, District Judge.
The suit is for copyright infringement. At the trial the only issue raised by the defendant was whether the suit might be maintained' on the equity side. The defendant moved that it be transferred to the law side under rule 22 of the Equity Rules, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723.
In the bill the plaintiffs alleged that they wrote a .play “Dishonored Lady” and obtained copyright on it pursuant to the Copyright Act, as amended, 17 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq.; that the defendant infringed the copyright by causing a photoplay “Letty Linton” to be exhibited for profit at its…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Root v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- Industrial Assn. of San Francisco v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Stevens v. GladdingSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Lacassagne v. ChapuisSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Arnstein v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1943
- Young v. Loew's, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1942
- Markham v. A. E. Borden Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1952
- Tynan v. R. K. O. Radio Pictures, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1948