Legal Opinion
Public Affairs Associates, Inc. v. Rickover
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 23, 1959No. Civ. A. 116PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
This is the trial of an action for a declaratory judgment. The case has been submitted on an agreed statement of facts supplemented by a number of documents that were introduced in evidence. The suit is brought by a publishing house against a Vice Admiral of the United States Navy, to secure an adjudication that would declare in effect that the defendant has no property right in his speeches; that they are not subject to copyright; that any one is free to publish them at will without paying him any royalty or other compensation; and that he may not cause any person to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. Dubilier Condenser CorpSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- American Tobacco Co. v. WerckmeisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Standard Parts Co. v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Werckmeister v. American Lithographic Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1904
- McDearmott Commission Co. v. Board of TradeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Public Affairs Associates, Inc. v. RickoverSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Public Affairs Associates, Inc., Trading as Public Affairs Press v. Vice Admiral Hyman G. RickoverCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- King v. Mister Maestro, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1963
- Public Affairs Associates, Inc. v. RickoverDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1967
- Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions, Inc. And Sid & Marty Krofft Productions, Inc. v. McDonald Corporation and Needham, Harper & Steers, Inc., Defendants- Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions, Inc. And Sid & Marty Krofft Productions, Inc. v. McDonald Corporation and Needham, Harper & Steers, Inc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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