Legal Opinion
Wainwright Securities Inc. v. Wall Street Transcript Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 4, 1978No. 76 Civ. 3053PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
Until February 1,1978, H. C. Wainwright & Co. (later Wainwright Securities, Inc.) was engaged in the business of preparing investment research reports for institutional investors. The Wall Street Transcript, a financial weekly newspaper, publishes summaries and abstracts of such reports. In 1976, Wainwright began copyrighting its research reports, and later that year brought this action for copyright infringement against the Transcript and Richard Holman, its owner (collectively, the Transcript). This court granted a preliminary injunction barring the Transcript from…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Milton Lecompte v. Mr. Chip, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Jones v. Securities & Exchange CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Wainwright Securities Inc. v. Wall Street Transcript Corporation and Richard A. HolmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Joshua Meier Company, Inc. v. Albany Novelty Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
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