Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Opera Ass'n v. Wagner-Nichols Recorder Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 7, 1951PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Per curiam
The Special Term was right in holding that the complaint sets forth a single cause of action in which Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc., and American Broadcasting Company, Inc., might properly join in asserting common rights. The court likewise was authorized in granting permission to Columbia Records, Inc., to intervene as a party plaintiff.
Defendants’ acts, as alleged in the complaint, constitute a misappropriation of the work, skill, expenditure and good will of plaintiffs, and present a ease of unfair competition. Moreover, upon this record, these property interests of plaintiffs are…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- International News Service v. Associated PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Metropolitan Opera Ass'n, Inc. v. Wagner-Nichols Recorder Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1950
- Fisher v. . Star Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Madison Square Garden Corp. v. Universal Pictures Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
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