Legal Opinion
Buck v. Crescent Gardens Operating Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 1, 1939No. 4666PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLELLAN, District Judge.
This suit involves infringement of the copyrights on two popular songs. The plaintiffs are Gene Buck, as President of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, Joe Davis, Inc., and Leo Feist, Inc. The Society is an unincorporated association, made up of composers, authors and their publishers, whose purpose is to protect the rights of its members in public performances of works secured by copyrights held by them. The plaintiff Buck sues in a representative capacity. The other plaintiffs are New York corporations, joined as owners, respectively, of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Leon v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
- Dreamland Ball Room, Inc. v. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1929
- Buck v. Elm Lodge, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- Buck v. Newsreel, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1938
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. v. H. L. Green Company, Inc., and Third Party Jalen Amusement Company, Inc., and Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Sammons v. Colonial Press, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1942
- Leo Feist, Inc. v. YoungCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
- Screen Gems-Columbia Music, Inc. v. Mark-Fi Records, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1966
- Bar's Leaks Western, Inc. v. PollockDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1957
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