Legal Opinion
National Comics Publications, Inc. v. Fawcett Publications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 30, 1951No. 197, Docket 21832PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff appeals from a judgment, dismissing after trial its complaint against Fawcett Publications, Inc., and Republic Pictures Corporation — together with its affiliate, Republic Productions, Inc.- — in an action based upon the infringement of its copyrights. The appeal of the Fawcett Company is from that part of the judgment which denied it any allowance for its attorneys’ fees, The “opinion and decision of the district court is reported in 93 F.Supp. 349, and we shall not repeat the substance of the controversy which is there stated or the facts found, which we…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Callaghan v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
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3Cited by124 opinions
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- Walt Disney Productions v. The Air PiratesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- John Hampton and Dorothy Hampton v. Paramount Pictures Corporation, and Eastman Kodak CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
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