Legal Opinion
United Artists Television, Inc. v. Fortnightly Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 22, 1967No. 256, Docket 30767PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Chief Judge:
This interlocutory appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) from a decision of Judge Herlands in the Southern District of New York presents the question whether the community antenna television (CATV) systems operated by defendant Fortnightly Corporation (and its predecessors) in and around the cities of Clarksburg and Fairmont, West Virginia, infringed the exclusive right of plaintiff United Artists Television, Inc. (and its predecessors) to perform its copyrighted motion pictures in public, 1 17 U.S.C. § 1(c), (d), by receiving and transmitting by coaxial cable to their paying…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- National Broadcasting Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- White Motor Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Mazer v. SteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Fogel v. ChestnuttCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Fogel v. ChestnuttCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Teleprompter Corp. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Wheeling Antenna Company, Inc. v. United States of America and Federal Communications Commission, Wtrf-Tv, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
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