Legal Opinion
Selle v. Gibb
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 8, 1983No. 78 C 3656PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum
LEIGHTON, District Judge.
This is a suit brought under the federal copyright laws to recover for the alleged infringement of a musical copyright; jurisdiction is conferred on this court by 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a). The trial, as demanded by the plaintiff, has been with a jury which, after hearing evidence limited to the issue of liability, returned a verdict in his favor on the copyright infringement claim. Defendants now move for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or in the alternative for a new trial; and in the event both motions are denied, for a section 1292(b) certificate…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. DuncanSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Mazer v. SteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Wilma Virginia Ferguson v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Ronald H. Selle v. Barry Gibb, and Ronald H. Selle v. Barry GibbCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- BMY—Combat Systems Division of Harsco Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1997
- Liggett Group, Inc. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1990
- Foster v. Continental Can Corp.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 1984
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. W.R. Grace & Co.District Court, C.D. Illinois · 1993
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