Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Opera Ass'n, Inc. v. Wagner-Nichols Recorder Corp.
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 18, 1950PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.
The plaintiffs Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Metropolitan Opera), and American Broadcasting Company, Inc. (hereinafter referred *789to as American Broadcasting), and the intervening plaintiff, Columbia Becords, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Columbia Becords), move for a preliminary injunction to restrain the defendants from recording, advertising, selling or distributing musical performances of Metropolitan Opera broadcast over the air, and from using the name “ Metropolitan Opera ” or any similar name which is calculated to mislead the public into believing…
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