Legal Opinion
M. Witmark & Sons v. Jensen
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided September 9, 1948No. Civ. 1026, 1797, 1798, 1799PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORDBYE, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs in these cases are seeking (1) damages for alleged infringement by defendants of certain musical composition copyrights owned by plaintiffs, and (2) an injunction restraining future threatened violation of those copyrights. Plaintiffs contend that defendants, who operate certain motion picture theatres, gave public performance of those compositions for profit when showing certain films in their theatres without first obtaining from plaintiffs a license to perform publicly the compositions for profit.
Defendants contend that plaintiffs are entitled to no relief…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. Aluminum Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Associated Press v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Associated Press v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Lasercomb America, Inc. v. Job Reynolds Larry Holliday, and Holiday Steel Rule Die CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Application of Shenandoah Valley Broadcasting, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. American Society of Composers, Authors and PublishersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Schwartz v. Broadcast Music, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1959
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