Legal Opinion
Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 25, 1934PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLSEY, District Judge.
My decision herein is that the bill of complaint must he dismissed, but without costs.
I. This is a suit in equity based on alleged infringement of the copyright of the plaintiffs’ play “Dishonored' Lady,” copyrighted by them on January 18, 1930, by the motion picture photoplay “Letty Lynton,” copyrighted in the name of the defendant Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation on May 6, 1932.
This cause is unusually complicated because of the number of books and manu-.seripts involved.
The whole situation stems from a somewhat celebrated murder trial which was held in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Nichols v. Universal Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
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- Dymow v. BoltonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926
- Holmes v. HurstSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- King Features Syndicate v. FleischerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
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- Greenbie v. NobleDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1957
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- Kustoff v. ChaplinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1941
- Ornstein v. Paramount Productions, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1935
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