Legal Opinion
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. v. Bijou Theatre Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 13, 1933No. 3254, 3255PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLELLAN, District Judge.
In each of the above-entitled eases, in which the plaintiff seeks statutory damages for copyright infringement and an injunction, the defendants have filed a motion to dismiss the amended bill of complaint. The grounds of each motion are the same, and will be stated in detail later. While in one ease the plaintiff Educational Film Exchanges, Inc., is the copyright proprietor, and the New York Exchange for Educational Films, Inc., its exclusively licensed distributor, and in the other case Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation is both the copyright proprietor…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. SaronySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Kalem Co. v. Harper BrothersSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Commercial Union of America, Inc. v. Anglo-South American Bank, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Universal Pictures Co. v. Harold Lloyd CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
- Patterson v. Century Productions, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
- Loew's Incorporated v. Columbia Broadcasting SystemDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1955
- Vitaphone Corporation v. Hutchinson Amusement Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1939
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. v. FisherDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1935
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