1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 146 F.2d
  5. 146 F.2d 408 (1944)
 

DE ACOSTA v. BROWN

No. 82.

146 F.2d 408 (1944)

DE ACOSTA v. BROWN et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 13, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton Diamond, of New York City (Diamond, Rabin & Mackay and Henry Turin, all of New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant Brown.

Alfred H. Wasserstrom, of New York City (McCauley & Henry, of New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant Hearst Magazines, Inc.

Carl J. Austrian, of New York City (Austrian & Lance and E. Robert Marks, all of New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before L. HAND, CHASE, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff has recovered a judgment below based on literary property in the "heart interest" which she has added to the life of a historical character with the avowed intent of making a biographical screen play palatable to the movie audiences of America. The historical character is that of Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, who lived a long and very useful life from 1821 to 1912, in which, however, most of her biographers have found...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases