Legal Opinion
Jerome v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 20, 1945Published
1Opinion of the Court
HULBERT, District Judge.
Motion by defendant for summary judgment. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 56(c), 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c. The action is for infringement of copyright.
A. For the purpose of this motion it is assumed:
1. Plaintiff is the authoress, and on July 25, 1896, secured a copyright, of a song entitled “Sweet Rosie O’Grady.”
2. She renewed the copyright July 25, 1923.
3. On July 10, 1925, plaintiff and her publisher Jack Mills, Inc., entered into a contract of sale of the moving picture rights throughout the world in the song to one Herman Starr, reserving “all…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Kalem Co. v. Harper BrothersSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Goldwyn Pictures Corp. v. Howells Sales Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
- O'Neill v. General Film Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
- Harper & Bros. v. Kalem Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1909
- Edmonds v. SternCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
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