Legal Opinion
Breffort v. I Had a Ball Company
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 24, 1967No. 65 Civ. 458PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, District Judge.
This action for infringement of plaintiffs’ copyright in a musical play entitled “Impasse de la Fidelite” (“Impasse” herein) was tried for six days to a jury, which returned a verdict in the sum of $19,000 damages against defendants Chodorov and Kipness, the author and producer, respectively, of the infringing musical play “I Had a Ball,” a verdict for $14,000 profits against Chodorov, and a verdict in favor of defendants The I Had a Ball Company, Lawrence, and Freeman, the latter two being the writers of the songs and lyrics for “I Had a Ball.”
Plaintiffs now move…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Peter Pan Fabrics, Inc. And Henry Glass & Co. v. Martin Weiner Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Lewis Orgel and the Michie Company v. Clark Boardman Co., Ltd., and Alfred D. JahrCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- In Re OsofskyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1931
- Edward B. Marks Music Corporation v. Continental Record Company, Inc., and Remington Records, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Rushton v. VitaleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
- John Diamond v. Am-Law Publishing Corp., Jay Kriegel, Steven Brill, Jill Abramson, Kitty KelleyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Fantasy, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. John C. FogertyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Roy Export Co. Establishment v. Columbia Broadcasting System Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- Carolyn N. McCulloch Lucyann W. Cameron, Elizabeth P. Smoot, the Original Red Plate Company v. Albert E. Price, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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