Legal Opinion
Davis v. EI DuPont De Nemours & Company
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 20, 1966PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, District Judge.
This proceeding grows out of a 1960 telecast of “Ethan Frome,” which was shown on 162 television stations. The court has already held that the telecast infringed plaintiff Donald Davis’s copyright in a dramatization of Edith Wharton’s classic novel. Davis v. E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 240 F.Supp. 612 (S.D. N.Y.1965). The proceeding now to fix damages raises the ultimate issue of what damages would be “just” under the applicable section of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C.A. § 101(b).
Davis v. E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., supra, contains a full discussion of the…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Capital Gains Research Bureau, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Alfred Bell & Co. Ltd. v. Catalda Fine Arts, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. v. H. L. Green Company, Inc., and Third Party Jalen Amusement Company, Inc., and Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by18 opinions
- MCA, Inc. v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Roy Export Co. Establishment v. Columbia Broadcasting System Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- Consuelo Stephanie Pye and Iris Lee Hammer v. James Mitchell, Arthur Mitchell and Cinema Seven, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Kamakazi Music Corp. v. Robbins Music Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1982
- Mary Taylor, Administratrix of the Estate of John H. Taylor, Deceased v. Rederi A/s Volo v. Lavino Shipping Company, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
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