McCONNOR v. KAUFMAN


49 F.Supp. 738 (1943)

McCONNOR v. KAUFMAN et al.

District Court, S. D. New York.

March 12, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Weinberger, of New York City (W. E. Aronberg, of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Howard E. Reinheimer, of New York City (Irving Cohen, of New York City, and Lee Moselle, of counsel), for defendants George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.

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

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, of New York City (Horace S. Manges, of New York City, of counsel), for defendant Random House, Inc.

O'Brien, Driscoll & Raftery, of New York City (Benjamin Pepper, of New York City, of counsel), for executors of estate of Sam H. Harris.


GALSTON, District Judge.

This action accuses "The Man Who Came to Dinner", a very successful comedy played on the stage in New York City and elsewhere in the United States, produced also as a moving picture and published as a book, of infringement of plaintiff's copyright in an unpublished and unproduced play entitled "Sticks and Stones", the copyright title of which was "The Murder Issue". Of the defendants named, George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart were the playwrights...

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