Legal Opinion
Downes v. Culbertson
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 13, 1934PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Harry D. Nims,
Referee. The individual parties to this action are teachers and writers on the game of bridge. “ Bridge Publications, Inc.,” and “ The Bridge World, Inc.,” are publishers.
About 1919 Culbertson began to study contract bridge. His emphasis was on methods of play known then or later as “ approach forcing,” which, due largely to Culbertson’s own efforts and encouragement, have become known also as the Culbertson system. In 1927 or 1928 he published “ The Teachers Lesson Sheets on the Culbertson System of Contract Bridge.” In September, 1930, he published his first book on the…
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