Legal Opinion
David v. Showtime/The Movie Channel, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 18, 1988No. 85 Civ. 9017 (CHT)PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TENNEY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, individual members of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (“ASCAP”) bring this copyright infringment action under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. (1983), against defendant Showtime/The Movie Channel, Inc. (“SMC”). Defendant neither contests the validity of plaintiffs’ copyrights nor denies that Showtime and The Movie Channel both broadcast the works at issue in this dispute. Rather, SMC interposes various affirmative defenses.
The court has before it two motions brought by plaintiffs. The first seeks class certification…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. FalconSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Sybil Young and Roderick Young v. United States Department of Justice, Sybil Young and Roderick Young v. Chemical Bank, N.A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers v. Showtime/the Movie Channel, Inc., Applicant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Vista Co. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1989
- Cauff, Lippman & Co. v. Apogee Finance Group, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1992
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