SHIPMAN v. R.K.O. RADIO PICTURES

No. 131.

100 F.2d 533 (1938)

SHIPMAN et al. v. R.K.O. RADIO PICTURES, Inc., et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 19, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Friend, Holbrook, Cotton & Reiskind, of New York City (Arthur S. Friend and Edwin M. Reiskind, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellants.

William Mallard, of New York City (Cravath, deGersdorff, Swaine & Wood, Bruce Bromley, and Albert R. Connelly, all of New York City, of counsel), for appellees.

Before MANTON, L. HAND, and SWAN, Circuit Judges.


MANTON, Circuit Judge.

This suit is for infringement of the copyright of appellants' play "Depends on the Woman" written and copyrighted in 1924, which is allegedly infringed by a motion picture play entitled "I Dream Too Much" which the appellees have been instrumental in preparing, filming and distributing. On motion, the bill of complaint was dismissed by the court below for failure to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, after a reading of the...

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