GROPPER v. WARNER BROS. PICTURES


38 F.Supp. 329 (1941)

GROPPER v. WARNER BROS. PICTURES, Inc.

District Court, S. D. New York.

January 27, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice V. Seligson, of New York City, for plaintiff.

Robert W. Perkins, of New York City (Joseph D. Karp and Stanleigh P. Friedman, both of New York City, of counsel), for defendant.


SYMES, District Judge.

This is an action under the copyright law. The plaintiff claims that he wrote an original dramatic composition entitled "Ex-Racketeer," a new play, containing a large amount of material wholly original with the complainant, which he copyrighted October 24, 1934, thereby securing the exclusive rights and privileges to the said composition.

He then alleges the respondent infringed said copyright by producing and placing upon the market...

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