Legal Opinion
Independent Film Distributors, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Industries, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 20, 1957PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BICKS, District Judge.
Plaintiff, alleging sole proprietorship of the copyrights in two motion picture photoplays, has moved to strike the First Defense alleged in the answer as insufficient in law and for a preliminary injunction enjoining infringement of its copyrights. The motion was argued as one for summary judgment interlocutory in character, and will be treated as such.
There is no genuine issue of fact, the ground of opposition being that defendant by virtue of a sale under the judgment hereinafter discussed, has succeeded to plaintiff’s ownership of the copyrights.
Defendant’s sole…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Fall v. EastinSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Stephens v. CadySupreme Court of the United States · 1853
- Bryan v. . University Pub. Co. of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- In re Leslie-Judge Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
- Ebsary Gypsum Co. v. RubyNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Gunnleik Berge v. National Bulk Carriers Corp. And Todd Shipyards Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- National Peregrine, Inc. v. Capitol Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of Denver (In Re Peregrine Entertainment, Ltd.)District Court, C.D. California · 1990
- Independent Film Distributors, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Pendarvis v. South Carolina Tax CommissionSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1985
- Gunnleik Berge v. National Bulk Carriers Corp. And Todd Shipyards Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
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