Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This case is here upon writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, upon a question of its jurisdiction to entertain a suit to recover damages for an alleged infringement of- the copyright of a map.
The Revised Statutes of the United States, § 711, par. 5, give jurisdiction to the courts of the United. States in cases arising under the patent right or copyright laws of the United States, exclusive of the courts of the several States. The case is one, therefore, which involves the jurisdiction of a Federal court as such.
The defendants in error,…
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