Legal Opinion
Rebecca Reyher and Ruth Gannett v. Children's Television Workshop and Tuesday Publications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 5, 1976No. 143, Docket 75-7278PublishedCited by 181 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs below, Rebecca Reyher and Ruth Gannett, appeal from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, John M. Cannella, Judge, dismissing their copyright infringement complaint after a two day trial without a jury. We affirm the district court’s disposition of this case on the ground that there was no substantial similarity between the two works as to copyrightable matter.
Appellants Reyher and Gannett are the author and illustrator respectively of a children’s book entitled My Mother Is The Most Beautiful Woman In The World which was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Arnstein v. PorterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
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- Peter Pan Fabrics, Inc. And Henry Glass & Co. v. Martin Weiner Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Nichols v. Universal Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Baker v. SeldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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- A. A. Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., and Michael MacDonald MooneyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
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