Legal Opinion
Florence Scott, Formerly Florence Mesler Montague, an Individual v. Wkjg, Inc., and National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 2, 1967No. 15611PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge.
This suit for damages and injunctive relief was brought by the plaintiff for the alleged infringement by defendants of a copyright owned by her.
Plaintiff Scott testified that when she wrote “Discretion” in 1939, she was a housewife living in Grand Rapids, Michigan ; that she wrote it as a one-act radio play as a pilot for a proposed radio series, but that “Discretion” was never broadcast as a radio play. She testified further that in 1944, after many hours of drafting and rewriting, she expanded “Discretion” into a two and a half hour three-act play. This is the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Arnstein v. PorterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Heim v. Universal Pictures Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Austris A. Wihtol, Doing Business as Kalnin, Mohr and Apsit v. Kenneth H. WellsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1956
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. v. DieckhausCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1946
- Funkhouser v. Loew's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Daniel J. O'Neill v. Dell Publishing Co., Inc., Neal R. Burger, and George E. Simpson,defendants-Appellees.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Herbert L. Cohen, Dba Bizarre Music, Co. v. Paramount Pictures Corp., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Herzog v. Castle Rock EntertainmentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
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