Legal Opinion
Barbadillo v. Goldwyn
District Court, S.D. California
Decided August 21, 1930No. N-63-MPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAWTELLE, District Judge.
This suit is brought under the copyright laws. Plaintiffs pray for injunctive relief and an accounting. Plaintiffs are the authors and co-owners of the dramatic composition, “The Christ of the Alley,”“written in 1912, and the copyright thereof.
Defendant Goldwyn is the producer and owner of the moving picture entitled, “The Night of Love,” which was produced and shown by him in California and elsewhere during the year 1927, while the plaintiffs’ alleged copyright was in effect.
The defendant Coffee at the instance of Goldwyn prepared the greater portion of the scenario…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- King Features Syndicate v. FleischerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
- United States v. 20 Strings Seed PearlsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1929
- London v. Biograph Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
- Bachman v. BelascoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915
- Roe-Lawton v. Hal E. Roach StudiosDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1927
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Harold Lloyd Corporation v. WitwerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1933
- Stanley v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1950
- Kustoff v. ChaplinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1941
- Zachary v. Western Publishing Co.California Court of Appeal · 1977
- Dieckhaus v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1944
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