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HAROLD LLOYD CORPORATION v. WITWER

No. 6398.

65 F.2d 1 (1933)

HAROLD LLOYD CORPORATION et al. v. WITWER.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

April 10, 1933.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Gortner, of Beverly Hills, Cal., Max Felix, of Los Angeles, Cal., and Alfred Sutro and Eugene M. Prince, both of San Francisco, Cal. (Lawler & Degnan, of Los Angeles, Cal., and Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, of San Francisco, Cal., of counsel), for appellants and cross-appellees.

Harold A. Fendler and Ingle Carpenter, both of Los Angeles, Cal. (Benjamin F. Bledsoe, C. P. McCarthy, and Hill, Morgan & Bledsoe, all of Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel), for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before WILBUR and SAWTELLE, Circuit Judges, and McCORMICK, District Judge.

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff appellee sought to enjoin the exhibition of a silent photoplay filmed in 1924, entitled "The Freshman," and to recover all profits therefor derived from its exhibition upon the ground that "The Freshman" infringed the copyright of a story written by H. C. Witwer entitled "The Emancipation of Rodney." The trial court held that there was infringement, enjoined the further production of the play and ordered an accounting to determine...

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