Legal Opinion
Republic Pictures Corp. v. Security-First Nat. Bank of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 11, 1952No. 13044PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODRICH, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a single but legally and commercially important issue. The question to be decided is whether a federal court has jurisdiction to foreclose a mortgage on a copyright. The district judge in a thoroughly considered opinion, 97 F.Supp. 360, came to the conclusion that the answer was yes. We disagree with his result. But we certainly agree that the question is neither free from difficulty nor of a kind where one can get a clear and unmistakable answer through the use of legal litmus paper. 1
The appellant’s brief begins with a very startling proposition.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Gully v. First Nat. Bank in MeridianSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Shulthis v. McDougalSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Puerto Rico v. Russell & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Board of Trade of Chicago v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Pratt v. Paris Gas Light & Coke Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by15 opinions
- T. B. Harms Company v. Edward Eliscu and Ross Jungnickel, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Ellen Molnar v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- J. John Brouk, James J. Mullen, Jr., W. Munro Roberts, Jr. v. Managed Funds, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
- Worcester County National Bank v. Commissioner of BanksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- Hartley Pen Co. v. Lindy Pen Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1954
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