Banks Law Pub. Co. v. Lawyers' Co-operative Pub. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The following is the opinion of the Circuit Court by Hazel, District Judge: The bill alleges infringement by the defendant of the rights and privileges of t(¡e complainant under copyright laws of the United States. -The material facts are not disputed by the defendant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The following is the opinion of the Circuit Court by Hazel, District Judge: The bill alleges infringement by the defendant of the rights and privileges of t(¡e complainant under copyright laws of the United States. -The material facts are not disputed by the defendant. The complainant and defendant are publishers of Reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, the former being engaged in printing, publishing, and selling reports of such decisions as compiled, edited, and arranged…
1Per curiam
It is not necessary to discuss so much of the opinion below as deals with the questions of assignment and of the right of the official reporter to secure copyrights. We concur with Judge Hazel in his reasoning and conclusion that the arrangement of reported cases in sequence, their paging and distribution into volumes, are not features of such importance as to entitle the reporter to copyright protection of such details.
The decree is affirmed, with costs.
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