BARON v. LEO FEIST, INC.


78 F.Supp. 686 (1948)

BARON v. LEO FEIST, Inc., et al.

District Court, S. D. New York.

June 14, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin & Krim, of New York City (Louis Nizer and Paul Martinson, both of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Julian T. Abeles, of New York City (Julian T. Abeles, Arnold J. Bernstein and Benjamin G. Weil, all of New York City, of counsel), for defendants.


RIFKIND, District Judge.

Maurice Baron, holder of a copyright on a collection of twelve songs entitled "Calypso Songs of the West Indies," of which the song "L'Annee Passee" is one, brings this infringement action against Leo Feist, Inc., Paul Baron, Jeri Sullavan and Morey Amsterdam, alleging that the music of the song "Rum and Coca-Cola," copyrighted and published by Leo Feist, Inc., and allegedly written by Sullavan and Paul Baron, infringes upon "L'Annee Passee...

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