Legal Opinion
Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 29, 1938PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEI BELL, District Judge.
Complainants, Edward Sheldon and Margaret Ayer Barnes, instituted this suit against the defendants, Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation, Loew’s, Inc., and Culver Export Corporation alleging that the defendants in making, distributing and exhibiting their motion picture “Letty Lynton” appropriated and infringed upon complainants’ dramatic composition “Dishonored Lady”. The case was tried and the complaint dismissed. D.C., 7 F. Supp. 837. The decree of the District Court was reversed on appeal, 2 Cir., 81 F.2d 49. The…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Lucas v. American Code Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Nichols v. Universal Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Tilghman v. ProctorSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Minneapolis Civic & Commerce Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
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