Legal Opinion
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. v. Stonesifer
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 10, 1944No. 10399PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORMICK, District Judge.
This is an appeal by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation from a judgment in the District Court awarding appellee damages in the sum of $3,960, attorney’s fees and costs arising out of copyright infringement of appellee’s dramatic composition “Women’s Hotel” by appellant’s motion picture production entitled “Hotel for Women.”
The record reveals that appellee, a playwright, while living at the Allerton House, a women’s hotel in New York City, originated and composed a play entitled “Women’s Hotel,” which she subsequently duly copyrighted. The characters in the play…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Harold Lloyd Corporation v. WitwerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1933
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3Cited by24 opinions
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