Legal Opinion
Continental Casualty Company v. Beardsley
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 4, 1957PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PALMIERI, District Judge.
Continental Casualty Company (Continental), an Illinois corporation, seeks a declaratory judgment 1 that the defendants’ copyright is invalid and not infringed, damages for unfair competition and for violation of the antitrust laws because of alleged misuse of the claimed copyright, and injunctive relief. The defendants seek damages on the ground of copyright infringement, unfair competition, and the inducement of breaches of implied contracts and confidential disclosures, and injunctive relief. The case was tried without a jury.
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2Cases cited98 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Hurn v. OurslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Cooley v. Board of Wardens of Port of Philadelphia Ex Rel. Soc. for Relief of Distressed PilotsSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Norwich Pharmacal Company v. Sterling Drug, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Zippo Manufacturing Company v. Rogers Imports, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1963
- Larry E. Clark v. Berkeley L. BunkerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Hygienic Specialties Co. v. H. G. Salzman, Inc., Hutzler Mfg. Co., and C. B. Cotton & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Continental Casualty Company, Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant v. Hulbert T. E. Beardsley and H. T. E. Beardsley, Inc., Defendants-Appellants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
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