Legal Opinion
Lottie Joplin Thomas Trust v. Crown Publishers, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 26, 1977No. 75 Civ. 1940 (JMC)PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANNELLA, District Judge:
After a bench trial, plaintiff is granted judgment on the complaint against defendants Joseph Abend and Olympic Records Corporation in the amount of $73,242.46 plus costs, and against defendant Crown Publishers, Inc. in the amount of $104,-738.17 plus costs.
FACTS
This suit for copyright infringement turns on the present ownership of the copyrighted work “Treemonisha,” composed by the late Scott Joplin, and two compositions originally contained in “Treemonisha,” “Treemonisha (Prelude to Act III)” and “A Real Slow Drag: from Treemonisha.” Joplin procured copyright…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Gershwin Publishing Corporation v. Columbia Artists Management, Inc., and Community Concerts, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- National Comics Publications, Inc. v. Fawcett Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Frank Music Corp. v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Esmark, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, Afl-Cio, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Frank Music Corp. v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Carson v. Dynegy, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- Costello Publishing Co. v. John E. Rotelle, O. S. A. Costello Publishing Co., Inc. v. John E. Rotelle, O. S. A., Episcopal Conference of AustraliaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
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