Legal Opinion
Austris A. Wihtol, Doing Business as Kalnin, Mohr and Apsit v. Kenneth H. Wells
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 12, 1956No. 11497_1PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Chief Judge.
This is an action for copyright infringement brought under Title 17 U.S. C., § 1 et seq. The copyrighted work is a musical composition (music and words) entitled “My God and I,” published in the United States and copyrighted in September, 1935, by Kalnin, Mohr and Apsit, plaintiff’s assumed business name. The copyrighted work came into the Chicago area early in 1937. It was sung by the choir at the First Congregational Church in Evanston, on January 31, 1937, and repeatedly since. From 1936 to 1938 plaintiff personally canvassed some three hundred churches in Chicago, which…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Baker v. SeldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Alfred Bell & Co. Ltd. v. Catalda Fine Arts, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- Chicago Record-Herald Co. v. Tribune Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1921
- Edwards & Deutsch Lithographing Co. v. BoormanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1926
- Stein v. MazerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Lou Shaw Eastborne Productions, Inc. v. Richard Lindheim Michael Sloan Universal City Studios, Inc. Columbia Broadcasting Systems McA Television, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Baltimore Orioles, Inc. v. Major League Baseball Players Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Drop Dead Co. v. S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Flick-Reedy Corporation v. Hydro-Line Manufacturing Company, Flick-Reedy Corporation v. Hydro-Line Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1965
- Plains Cotton Cooperative Ass'n v. Goodpasture Computer Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
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