Legal Opinion
Davenport Quigley Expedition, Inc. v. Century Productions, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 19, 1937PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULBERT, District Judge.
Plaintiff sued in equity to restrain infringement of a moving picture film copyright entitled “Jango” and retitled “Ubangi.”
On and prior to February 28, 1929, Daniel Davenport was a citizen of the Dominion of Canada and domiciled in the city, county, and state of New York. With two European scientists he entered upon an expedition into the African jungle in 1925 to make a study of wild animals in their lair and also to experiment upon and study the tsetse fly. Davenport was furnished by Nathan Braunstein with the necessary raw stock material for the purpose of making…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Universal Film Mfg. Co. v. CoppermanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1914
- National Cloak & Suit Co. v. KaufmanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Middle Pennsylvania · 1911
- Public Ledger Co. v. Post Printing & Publishing Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
- Patterson v. Century Productions, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1937
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- Winkler v. New York Evening Journal, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1940
- Austin v. SteinerDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1962
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