Legal Opinion
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. v. Dieckhaus
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1946No. 13121PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.
In her complaint in this action the plaintiff accused the defendant film corporation of copying her unpublished and uncopy-righted book “Love Girl” without her consent in the production and presentation by defendant of its sound motion picture “Alexander’s Ragtime Band.” There was jurisdiction by reason of diversity of citizenship and amount involved, and on the trial of the issue joined the court entered interlocutory decree in favor of the plaintiff awarding an accounting for damages and profits and injunction against further exhibition of the picture. Dieckhaus v.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- Dellar v. Samuel Goldwyn, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- Massachusetts Protective Ass'n v. MouberCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
- Becker v. Loew's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Ronald H. Selle v. Barry Gibb, and Ronald H. Selle v. Barry GibbCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Stanley v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1950
- United States v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
- United States v. Ralph E. Smith, D/B/A Televideo CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Greenfeld v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1947
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