Legal Opinion

Harms v. Cohen

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided March 21, 1922No. 2271PublishedCited by 30 opinions

In Equity. Suit by T. B. Harms and! another against William Cohen. On motion to strike out parts of answer.

1Opinion of the Court

THOMPSON, District Judge.

The plaintiff, a corporation engaged in the business of publishing and selling musical compositions, has brought this suit as owner of the copyright in a musical composition entitled “Tulip Time,” from “Ziegfield Follies, 1919.” The defendant is alleged to be the owner and manager and operator of the Model Theater, where moving pictures and photo plays are exhibited and musical compositions are played, and to which the general public is admitted upon the payment of an admission fee. It is charged that the defendant, in infringement of the copyright, has given public…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Geddes v. Anaconda Copper Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
  2. Hopkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. Folsom v. MarshU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1841
  4. Anderson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  5. Blumenstock Bros. Advertising Agency v. Curtis Publishing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. v. H. L. Green Company, Inc., and Third Party Jalen Amusement Company, Inc., and Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
  2. Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. M. Witmark & Sons v. Pastime Amusement Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1924
  4. Dreamland Ball Room, Inc. v. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1929
  5. Loew's Incorporated v. Columbia Broadcasting SystemDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1955

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