Legal Opinion
Cain v. Universal Pictures Co.
District Court, S.D. California
Decided December 14, 1942No. 1755-YPublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YANKWICH, District Judge.
The plaintiff, James M. Cain, is a well-known writer who has written several novels, among which, perhaps, the best known is “The Postman Always Rings Twice”, and a large number of short stories and stories for film production. In 1937, he wrote a novel called “Serenade”, which he copyrighted on December 1st of that year. Universal Pictures Corporation, Inc., is a corporation engaged in the production of motion pictures. On November 22, 1938, the plaintiff sold to the film corporation, for the sum of $17,500, a story entitled “Modern Cinderella”. The defendant John M.…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Nichols v. Universal Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Dunlop v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Swearingen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Dymow v. BoltonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926
- United States v. One Book Entitled Ulysses by James JoyceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Darrell Taylor, D/B/A Darrell Taylor Topographic Charts v. Joseph B. Meirick, D/B/A Lakes IllustratedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Gene Miller v. Universal City Studios, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Sega Enterprises Ltd., a Japanese Corporation v. Accolade, Inc., a California CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Universal Pictures Co. v. Harold Lloyd CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
- Meta-Film Associates, Inc. v. MCA, Inc.District Court, C.D. California · 1984
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