Legal Opinion
Curtis v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided December 3, 1958No. 200-57PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARAMORE, Judge.
• Plaintiff, the creator and owner of a copyrighted cartoon strip, seeks to recover just compensation for the alleged taking of his property.
The facts as shown by the petition and affidavits filed are briefly as follows:
Plaintiff is the creator and owner of a copyrighted syndicated cartoon strip entitled “The Medal of Honor — True Tales of the Nation’s Highest Award,” which was published in a series beginning in 1945. The “strip” consisted of a series of action cartoon illustrations with explanatory text in the form of words which one of the figures in the cartoon is depicted…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Dulansky v. Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co.District Court, S.D. Iowa · 1950
- Turton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1954
- Hebern v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1955
- Nuss v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1954
- Preveden v. Croatian Fraternal Union of AmericaDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1954
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3Cited by123 opinions
- Cloutier v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1990
- Dehne v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1991
- Cortés Piñeiro v. Sucesión de Cortés MendialdúaSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1961
- Anthony P. Miller, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
- Royal Indemnity Company v. The United States and Jersey State Bank, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
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