Legal Opinion
Sammons v. Colonial Press, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 20, 1942No. 3735, 3736PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge.
These are cross-appeals in a suit for copyright infringement.
The main question is whether under § 25(b) of the Copyright Act of 1909, 35 Stat. 1081, 17 U.S.C.A. § 25(b), a contract printer is jointly liable with the infringing *344publisher for the profits which the latter made from sales of the infringing book, the plaintiffs having offered no evidence of actual damages from the infringement. We think the district court correctly answered this question in the negative.
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2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Tilghman v. ProctorSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Belknap v. SchildSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Callaghan v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
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3Cited by52 opinions
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Frank Music Corp. v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- MCA, Inc. v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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