Legal Opinion

Capitol Records, Inc. v. Erickson

California Court of Appeal

Decided December 11, 1969No. Civ. 34107PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

WOOD, P. J.

Defendants (Phoenix, hereinafter) appeal from an order granting a preliminary injunction 1 restraining Phoenix, pending the hearing and determination of the action, from transferring to magnetic tape any performances embodied in phonographic recordings produced and sold by plaintiff recording company (Capitol, hereinafter).

Phoenix contends that the court erred in granting the injunction.

For the purposes of the preliminary injunction, there is no dispute as to the facts. Phoenix is admittedly in the business of selling prerecorded stereophonic tape cartridges, which it…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. International News Service v. Associated PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
  4. Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Metropolitan Opera Ass'n, Inc. v. Wagner-Nichols Recorder Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1950

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Summit MacHine Tool Manufacturing Corp. v. Victor Cnc Systems, Inc. MacHinery Trade CenterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
  2. Toho Company, Ltd. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
  3. A & M RECORDS, INC. v. HeilmanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977
  4. Capitol Records, LLC v. Bluebeat, Inc.District Court, C.D. California · 2010
  5. Lone Ranger Television, Inc. v. Program Radio Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984

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