Legal Opinion
Lois B. Morris v. Business Concepts, Inc., James J. Maher and Petra H. Maher
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 26, 2001No. 00-7509PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Senior Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Lois Morris, a journalist, brought suit against defendants Business Concepts, Inc., James Maher, and Petra Maher (collectively “BCI”) for copyright infringement arising out of BCI’s unauthorized use of Morris’s articles in its newsletter. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Richard Conway Casey, Judge, granted summary judgment to the defendants on the ground that the court lacked jurisdiction over the copyright claims. Because we agree with the district court that registration of the collective works in which Morris’s…
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