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MANNERS v. MOROSCO

No. 370.

252 U.S. 317 (1920)

MANNERS v. MOROSCO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 22, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David Gerber, with whom Mr. William J. Hughes was on the briefs, for petitioner:

Mr. Charles H. Tuttle, with whom Mr. William Klein was on the brief, for respondent:

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit by the author of a play called Peg O' My Heart to restrain the defendant, Morosco, from representing the play in motion pictures, in violation of the plaintiff's copyright; and also, although this is a subsidiary question, from producing the play at all. The defendant justifies under an agreement of January 19, 1912, and a supplemental agreement of July...

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