Manners v. Morosco
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The case.is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a suit by the author of a play called Peg O’ My Heart to restrain the defendant, Morosco, from representing the play in motion pictures, in violation of the plaintiff’s copyright; and also, although this is a subsidiary question, from producing the play at all. The defendant justifies under an agreement of January 19, 1912, and a supplemental agreement of July 20, 1914, both set forth in the bill. The ground upon which the right to produce the play in any way was denied was that the agreement gave rights only for five years. This construction was rejected by the District Court and the…
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