Legal Opinion
Hoffman v. Santly-Joy, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 19, 1943PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEIBELL, District Judge.
The defendants have moved for a dismissal of the plaintiffs’ amended complaint on the grounds that the plaintiffs are not the real or proper parties in interest and that the amended complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
The action is brought by the plaintiffs, as the authors, writers and composers of a copyrighted and allegedly original musical composition, “The Machine Gun Song”, against the defendants who are claimed to have infringed the copyright by the publication of a musical composition entitled “Johnny Zero”.
The plaintiffs seek…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Waterman v. MacKenzieSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- LC Page & Co. v. Fox Film CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- Henry Holt & Co. v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1938
- Bisel v. LadnerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1924
3Cited by15 opinions
- Jack Cortner and Jon Silberman v. Robert Israel, Score Productions, Inc., American Broadcasting Music, Inc., and Abc Sports, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Manning v. Miller Music CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1959
- National Bank of Commerce v. Shaklee Corp.District Court, W.D. Texas · 1980
- Alexander v. Irving Trust CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1955
- Laurence Massa v. Jiffy Products Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
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