Legal Opinion
Nash v. CBS, INC.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 25, 1988No. 86 C 0511PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GRADY, Chief Judge.
This copyright infringement case comes before us on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment on the issue of whether plaintiff Jay Robert Nash (“Nash”) has alleged infringement of “copyrightable” material. We deny the defendants’ motion and grant the plaintiff’s.
FACTS
Nash has written several copyrighted books in which he claims that John Dillinger, the notorious bank robber, was not shot outside Chicago’s Biograph Theatre on July 22, 1934. According to Nash, on that hot summer night in 1934, FBI agents mistak enly shot and killed a small-time…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- A. A. Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., and Michael MacDonald MooneyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Charles E. Schroeder and Marion S. Schroeder, and Cross-Appellees v. William Morrow and Company and George Banta & Co., and Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Toksvig v. Bruce Pub. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Atari Games Corporation v. Ralph Oman, Register of CopyrightsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
- Jay Robert Nash v. Cbs, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Nash v. CBS, INC.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1989
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- Atari Games Corporation v. Ralph Oman, Register of CopyrightsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989