Legal Opinion
George v. Victor Talking MacHine Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 17, 1934No. 128PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Per curiam
Review was limited to the question of the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Appeals. The suit was brought for the infringement of the common law right of property in a song, and the bill sought an accounting of profits made by the defendant. The District Court sustained the plaintiff's right as author and found infringement. Decree was entered granting an injunction and appointing a special master to take and state an account of profits and to report to the court, with the usual provisions for exceptions to the report. The decree was interlocutory. The Palmyra, 10 Wheat. 502; Perkins v.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Forgay v. ConradSupreme Court of the United States · 1848
- John Simmons Co. v. Grier Brothers Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- McGourkey v. Toledo & Ohio Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Keystone Manganese & Iron Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Beebe v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1857
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- John Zwack, Bela Zwack and Dora Zwack, as Co-Partners Doing Business as J. Zwack & Company v. Kraus Bros. & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
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