Legal Opinion

Banks v. Manchester

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 19, 1888No. 45PublishedCited by 66 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. Bill in equity, to restrain the. defendant from infringing the plaintiffs’ copyright. The defendant answered, and the complainants demurred to the answer. Decree dismissing the bill, from which plaintiffs appealed. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatcheord

The Revised Statutes of Ohio, in §§ 426 to 435, (title 4, chapter 1, pp. 273, 274, edition of 1879,) provide for the appointment of a reporter by the Supreme Court of that State, to report and prepare for publication its decisions, and for the printing of copies of the reports by the public printer, and for their distribution to public officers, as soon as a form of sixteen pages of printed matter is printed, and also for the binding and distribution of a full volume.

Section 436 provides as follows: “ The reporter shall secure a copyright, for the use of the State, for each volume of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Wheaton and Donaldson v. Peters and GriggSupreme Court of the United States · 1834
  2. Leeds v. Marine Ins. Co. of AlexandriaSupreme Court of the United States · 1817
  3. Nash v. LathropMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886

3Cited by66 opinions

  1. In Re Sanford Fork & Tool Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. StrausSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  3. White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
  4. American Tobacco Co. v. WerckmeisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  5. John G. Danielson, Inc. v. Winchester-Conant Properties, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003

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