Legal Opinion
Zahler v. Columbia Pictures Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 2, 1960No. Civ. 24057PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShinn, P. J.
Rose Zahler, as successor in interest of Lee Zahler, deceased, brought suit to restrain defendants from exhibiting, by means of television, certain musical compositions of Zahler’s. The complaint is in 30 causes of action. It relates to a great number of compositions. These are separated into groups, as to each of which one of the defendants claims the right of reproduction by television. The parties selected the background music of “Crime Takes a Holiday” and agreed that they would try at present the issue of liability of the defendants for having televised the motion picture with the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Nelson v. Radio Corporation of AmericaDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1957
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