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Porto v. Guirgis

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided September 28, 2009No. 08 Civ. 1228(JGK)PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge.

The biblical story of the betrayal of Jesus Christ by Judas Iscariot is well known. It is also a well known part of that story that Judas, wracked with despair, committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree. Can the insights from those stories be brought to life through the convention of a fictional trial of Judas Iscariot in which the issue is: should Judas be admitted to heavenly paradise? That is the background for this copyright case in which the author of a novel about a trial of Judas Iscariot before a fictional World Court of Religion…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
  5. Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991

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3Cited by22 opinions

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  3. Gym Door Repairs, Inc. v. Young Equip. Sales, Inc.District Court, S.D. Illinois · 2018
  4. Disney Enters., Inc. v. SarelliDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 2018
  5. BanxCorp v. Costco Wholesale Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 2013

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