Legal Opinion
Hutchinson Amusement Co. v. Vitaphone Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 8, 1937No. 3270PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court of Massachusetts in a bill in equity brought by the plaintiffs under section 25, title 17, U.S.C.A., relating to copyrights.
The ground of the suit is an alleged infringement of eight copyrighted motion picture films or photoplays. The plaintiffs Vitaphone ■ Corporation and Vitagraph, Inc., are corporations organized under the laws of New York, and located in said state of New York. The Hutchinson Amusement Company is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Maine and operates a' motion picture theatre,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Root v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Atlantic Monthly Co. v. Post Pub. Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1928
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. v. Bijou Theatre Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1932
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer DistributIng Corp. v. Bijou Theatre Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1931
- Lewis Pub. Co. v. WymanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1909
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Mitchell Brothers Film Group and Jartech, Inc. v. Cinema Adult Theater, A/K/A Cinema 69Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Pallant v. SinatraDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1945
- Vitaphone Corporation v. Hutchinson Amusement Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1939
- Lundberg v. WellesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1950
- Towle v. RossDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1940
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