Legal Opinion
Lerner v. Schectman
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided April 17, 1964No. 4-63-Civ.-303PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEVITT, Chief Judge.
This is an action for infringement of copyright, 17 U.S.C.A. §§ 1(e), 101(a) (b) in which the plaintiffs seek an injunction and damages for the unauthorized public performance for profit of certain copyrighted musical compositions. The compositions involved are listed in the footnotes. 1
It is admitted by the defendants that the plaintiffs own valid copyrights to the compositions in question. The evidence is undisputed that these numbers were played by professional musicians at the defendants’ club on the dates set out in the complaint, and that the defendants had no…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Commissioner v. TowerSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Mazer v. SteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Herbert v. Shanley Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Washingtonian Publishing Co. v. PearsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Club Ramon, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Ackee Music, Inc. v. WilliamsDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1986
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- Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp. v. CrooksDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1983
- J. B. Zarzaur v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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