Legal Opinion

Gray v. Russell

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts

Decided October 15, 1839PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Bill in equity. The bill set forth that the complainants, Harrison Gray, James Brown, .and Charles Brown, booksellers and copart-ners, under the firm of Hilliard, Gray & Co., were the proprietors of the copyright and publishers of a certain book, entitled “Adam’s Latin Grammar, with Some Improvements ■and the Following Additions: Buies for the Eight Pronunciation of the Latin Language; .a Metrical Key to the Odes of Horace; a List of Latin Authors Arranged According to the…

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Bill in equity. The bill set forth that the complainants, Harrison Gray, James Brown, .and Charles Brown, booksellers and copart-ners, under the firm of Hilliard, Gray & Co., were the proprietors of the copyright and publishers of a certain book, entitled “Adam’s Latin Grammar, with Some Improvements ■and the Following Additions: Buies for the Eight Pronunciation of the Latin Language; .a Metrical Key to the Odes of Horace; a List of Latin Authors Arranged According to the Different Ages of Roman Literature; Tables Showing the Value of the Various ■Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used among the…

1Opinion of the Court

STORY, Circuit Justice.

The question now before the court is upon the confirmation of the master’s report. No exception has been taken to the facts and detailed statements in the master’s report; and, therefore, the point is narrowed down to the inquiry, whether the conclusion drawn from these facts by the master is correct. I am of opinion, that it is, and that the report ought to be confirmed; and, as consequent thereon, that a perpetual injunction ought to be granted, prohibiting the sale of the edition of Cleveland’s Adam’s Latin Grammar in the pleadings mentioned by the defendant

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2Cited by16 opinions

  1. Callaghan v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  2. Katrina Maxtone-Graham v. James Tunstead Burtchaell, Andrews & McMeel Inc., and Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
  3. New Kids on the Block v. News America Publishing, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
  4. West Publishing Co. v. Edward Thompson Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1909
  5. Public Affairs Associates, Inc., Trading as Public Affairs Press v. Vice Admiral Hyman G. RickoverCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960

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