Legal Opinion
Kramer v. Newman
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 29, 1990No. 89 CIV 6114 (KC)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CONBOY, District Judge:
This action involves copyright claims to several assertedly unpublished works of James Agee, the celebrated twentieth century American author. Plaintiff, an author who seeks to use the works in a book on James Agee, requests a declaration that the manuscripts are in the public domain and that therefore, the defendant, the present Trustee of the James Agee Trust, cannot prevent him from using them. The issue is joined in this motion of the plaintiff for partial summary judgment.
Plaintiff’s book, presently entitled The Development of Agee’s Career as a Writer:…
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