Legal Opinion
Burnett v. Lambino
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 6, 1962PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, District Judge.
This is an action for alleged copyright infringement of plaintiffs’ plays by the book and motion picture “The Blackboard Jungle,” which deal with the problems of a teacher in a New York City vocational high school. Plaintiffs are Morris Bertram Burnett (“Burnett”), a citizen of New York 1 , and Frederick Stephani, a citizen of California. Defendants are Salvatore Lambino, who uses the pen name of Evan Hunter (“Hunter”) 2 , a citizen of New York, Simon and Schuster, Inc. (“Simon and Schuster”), a New York corporation, Pocket Books, Inc., a New York corporation, and…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Arnstein v. PorterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Nichols v. Universal Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Holmes v. HurstSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Ferris v. FrohmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Continental Casualty Company, Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant v. Hulbert T. E. Beardsley and H. T. E. Beardsley, Inc., Defendants-Appellants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Rebecca Reyher and Ruth Gannett v. Children's Television Workshop and Tuesday Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Alexander v. HaleyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
- Data Cash Systems, Inc., a Florida Corporation v. Js&a Group, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, Joseph Sugarman and Mary StankeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Frederick Chusid & Company v. Marshall Leeman & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1968
- Florence Scott, Formerly Florence Mesler Montague, an Individual v. Wkjg, Inc., and National Broadcasting Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967
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