MORRISON v. SOLOMONS

No. 78-6280.

494 F.Supp. 218 (1980)

Robert Thornton MORRISON, Robert Neilson Boyd and Allyn and Bacon, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. T. W. Graham SOLOMONS and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

July 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lankenau, Kovner & Bickford, Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty, New York City, for plaintiffs; John C. Lankenau, Josephine Lea Iselin, Harriette K. Dorsen, New York City, of counsel.

Paskus, Gordon & Hyman, New York City, for defendants; Philip H. Schaeffer, Alan M. Goldston, Jane D. Connolly, New York City, of counsel.


LASKER, District Judge.

For many years the text "Organic Chemistry" written by Robert T. Morrison and Robert Neilson Boyd, then Professors of Chemistry at New York University, and published by Allyn & Bacon, Inc., has been the most popular book in its field for the teaching of beginning courses to college students. In 1976 T.W. Graham Solomons wrote, and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., published Solomons' text, also entitled "Organic Chemistry," directed at the same...

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