Legal Opinion
Edward Vance v. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (Ascap)
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 26, 1959No. 16273PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.
Edward Vance, appellant herein, who lives in Missouri, claims that he is the author and composer of certain songs titled “Somebody Else is Taking My Place”; “The Honey Song (‘Honey I’m in Love With You’)”; “Some Day (You’ll Want Me to Want You)”, and that he wrote and composed them at different times prior to 1942. On and before that date the same songs had been published and copyright had been obtained for each, respectively, by one of the three New York publishing companies, Mainstreet Songs, Inc., Edwin II. Morris & Company, Inc., and Shapiro, Bernstein & Company,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brady v. DalySupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- McCaleb v. Fox Film Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1924
- Vance v. American Society of Composers, Authors & PublishersSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Pathe Exchange, Inc. v. DalkeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1931
- Vance v. American Soc. of Composers, Authors & PublishersDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1953
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Raymond Rohauer, Doing Business as the Coronet Theater v. Leopold Friedman, Trustee in Liquidation of the Assets of Buster Keaton Productions, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Hambaugh v. PeoplesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1965
- Blumcraft of Pittsburgh v. Newman Brothers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- Karlinsky v. New York Racing Association, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1970
- Choate v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 1976
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