ARNSTEIN
v.
AMERICAN SOC. OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS et al.
District Court, S. D. New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 12, 1939.
July 12, 1939.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Ira B. Arnstein, pro se.
Schwartz & Frolich, of New York City (Louis D. Frolich and Herman Finkelstein, both of New York City, of counsel), for American Soc. of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Gene Buck, John G. Paine and E. C. Mills.
Rosenberg, Goldmark & Colin, of New York City (Sydney M. Kaye and Paul A. Landsman, both of New York City, of counsel), for defendant Columbia Broadcasting Co.
Goldie & Gumm, of New York City (Leon Kellman, of New York City, of counsel), for defendant Broadway Music Publishing Co.
Wattenberg & Wattenberg, of New York City (Sidney William Wattenberg and H. W. Tepfer, both of New York City, of counsel), for defendants Music Publishers Protective Ass'n and Harry Fox.
Hays, St. John, Abramson & Schulman, of New York City (Alan S. Hays, of New York City, of counsel), for defendant Song Writers Protective Ass'n.
Fitelson & Mayers, of New York City (I. Jack London and Harold J. Sherman, both of New York City, of counsel), for defendant Sam Fox Publishing Co.
Gilbert & Gilbert, of New York City (Godfrey Cohen, of New York City, of counsel), for Irving Berlin, Inc.
A. L. Ashby and R. P. Myers, both of New York City (R. P. Myers, of New York City, of counsel), for defendant National Broadcasting Co.
Sam'l Jesse Buzzell, of New York City, for defendant Mills Music Co.
Robert W. Perkins, of New York City (Stanleigh P. Friedman and Harold Berkowitz, both of New York City, of counsel), for defendants Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., M. Witmark & Sons, A. M. Wattenberg, E. H. Morris and Harms, Inc.
House, Grossman, Vorhaus & Hemley, of New York City (Leo J. Rosett, of New York City, of counsel), for defendant Louis Bernstein.
Theodore B. Richter, of New York City, for defendants Edward B. Marks Music Co., and Paul Jonas.
Leonard Levin, of New York City (Yale Wilner, of New York City, of counsel), for defendant Nathaniel Shilkrit.
District Court, S. D. New York.
CONGER, District Judge.
Jurisdiction of this case is obtained on the ground that the Copyright Law of the United States, 17 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq., is directly involved.
The plaintiff appears in person. The plaintiff is a musician and composer of music. He had no attorney representing him during the trial. He conducted the case himself. He also prepared his own complaint.
The complaint is not drawn with legal precision, but does set forth plaintiff...
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