Legal Opinion
M. Witmark & Sons v. Pastime Amusement Co.
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided May 13, 1924No. 252PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERNEST F. COCHRAN, District Judge.
The plaintiff, a New York corporation, sues the defendant, a South Carolina corporation, for infringement of a copyright of a musical composition entitled “Kiss Me Again.” This song was composed by Henry Blossom, and the music by Victor Herbert, and their rights were duly assigned to plaintiff. It was written on the theme of “If I Were on the Stage,” from the comic opera “Mile. Modiste,” and was published by the plaintiff “as sung by Miss Fritzi Scheff.” (This song is not to be confused with a humorous song called “Kiss Me Again, I Dike It,” which many years…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Waterman v. MacKenzieSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Geddes v. Anaconda Copper Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Continental Wall Paper Co. v. Louis Voight & Sons Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- D. R. Wilder Manufacturing Co. v. Corn Products Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
- United States v. BabcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by59 opinions
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- Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Heim v. Universal Pictures Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Goldsmith v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
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