Legal Opinion
Cohan v. Richmond
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 7, 1936No. 105PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the plaintiff from an order in a suit in equity, awarding an allowance under section 40 of the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C.A. § 40) to the defendants’ attorney. The questions at issue are the propriety (1) of any allowance at all; (2) of the amount awarded; and (3) of a reference to assist in fixing it. The plaintiff is a composer of songs; on June 2, 1930, he filed a bill in two counts against the four defendants, the firm of Richmond and Mayer, the Robbins Company and Mills. The first count alleged that before October 20, 1904, Cohan had composed ten…
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