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Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Loew's Inc.

U.S.
Mar 17, 1958
356 U.S. 43 (1958)

Summary

examining an earlier but substantially similar version of the Copyright Act and holding that infringement applied to both the "other version" and "copy" of the copyrightable material

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Opinion

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT.

No. 90.

Argued January 29, 1958. Decided March 17, 1958.

239 F.2d 532, affirmed by an equally divided Court.

W.B. Carman argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Homer I. Mitchell, Warren M. Christopher, Loyd Wright and Dudley K. Wright.

Herman F. Selvin argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Joseph P. Loeb.


The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.


Summaries of

Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Loew's Inc.

U.S.
Mar 17, 1958
356 U.S. 43 (1958)

examining an earlier but substantially similar version of the Copyright Act and holding that infringement applied to both the "other version" and "copy" of the copyrightable material

Summary of this case from Best Carpet Values Inc. v. Google, LLC
Case details for

Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Loew's Inc.

Case Details

Full title:COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., ET AL. v . LOEW'S INC. ET AL

Court:U.S.

Date published: Mar 17, 1958

Citations

356 U.S. 43 (1958)

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