Legal Opinion
Marks v. Leo Feist, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 1, 1925No. 124PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
A suit was brought in the court below by Edward B. Marks, who sought, to obtain a preliminary injunction to restrain an alleged infringement of a musical composition entitled “Wedding Dance Waltz” which Marks had copyrighted, and which it was alleged that Feist had infringed by a musical composition entitled “Swanee River Moon” which Feist had written and copyrighted. The court below denied Marks’ application for the preliminary injunction, and on appeal to this court we affirmed the decree, 290 F. 959.
Thereafter a motion was made in the District Court to dismiss the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Oelrichs v. SpainSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Pacific Railroad v. KetchumSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Arcambel v. WisemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1796
- Railway Co. v. HeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- United States v. BabbittSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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- Richard Coughlin v. Donald Regan, Secretary of the TreasuryCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
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