Legal Opinion
Sawyer v. Crowell Pub. Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 30, 1942PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANDELBAUM, District Judge.
This is a copyright infringement suit.
In March of 1929, plaintiff was appointed to the post of Executive Assistant to the Secretary of Interior and received a salary from the Government in this capacity. In the summer of 1929, he was sent to Alaska on a government mission. On his return, he contacted one Wilbur S. Wills, employed as a cadastral engineer in the Division of Surveys, Department of Interior, since 1911. Discussions between the two were had regarding a Great Circle Map which plaintiff wanted to have made. Both plaintiff and Wills worked on the details…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Solomons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- United States Ozone Co. v. United States Ozone Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1932
- Brown v. Molle Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1937
3Cited by14 opinions
- Brattleboro Publishing Co. v. Winmill Publishing Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Stuart Scherr and Steven Goodman v. Universal Match Corporation and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Public Affairs Associates, Inc., Trading as Public Affairs Press v. Vice Admiral Hyman G. RickoverCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- Amsterdam v. Triangle Publications, Inc. Appeal of Amsterdam. Appeal of Triangle Publications, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
- City of Newark v. BeasleyDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1995
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