F. A. Mills, Inc. v. Standard Music Roll Co.
District Court, D. New Jersey
In Equity. Two suits, tried together, by F. A. Mills, Incorporated, against the Standard Music Roll Company, for alleged infringements of copyrights. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
HAIGHT, District Judge.
F. A. Mills, Incorporated, the plaintiff, has instituted two suits against the Standard Music Roll Company, a corporation, the defendant, for alleged infringements of the plaintiff’s copyrights in two musical .compositions, entitled respectively, “Waiting for the Robert F. Lee” and “Take Me to That Swanee Shore.” They were copyrighted on May 3, 1912, and August 30, 1912, respectively. The suits were tried together, as the facts and questions presented in each are the same.
The plaintiff is engaged in the publication of musical compositions, and the defendant in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- M. Witmark & Sons v. Standard Music Roll Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1915
- M. Witmark & Sons v. Standard Music Roll Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1914
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- Marks v. Leo Feist, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
- S. E. Hendricks Co. v. Thomas Pub. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- Standard Music Roll Co. v. F. A. Mills, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1917
- Philipp v. Jerome H. Remick & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1936