Leo Feist, Inc. v. Song Parodies, Inc.

146 F.2d 400 (1944)

LEO FEIST, Inc., et al.,

v.

SONG PARODIES, Inc., et al. ROBBINS MUSIC CORPORATION

v.

SAME.

Nos. 186, 187.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 29, 1944.

Murphy, Block, Sullivan & Sawyer, of New York City (Herman Block and Joseph Sawyer, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Julian T. Abeles and Leopold Bleich, both of New York City, for appellees.

Before CHASE, CLARK, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.

FRANK, Circuit Judge.

These are actions in which jurisdiction is based solely on the federal copyright statute, for there is lack of diversity of citizenship. The…