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HAMMETT v. WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES

No. 253, Docket 21298.

176 F.2d 145 (1949)

HAMMETT v. WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zissu & Marcus, New York City (Leonard Zissu, Abraham Marcus, Alan J. Stein, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff.

R. W. Perkins, New York City (Morris Ebenstein, Joseph D. Karp, Theodore R. Kupferman, Harry R. Olsson, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for defendant.

Before CHASE, CLARK, and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Dashiell Hammett, is the author of a detective story called "The Maltese Falcon." This story was first published serially in a magazine during 1929 and 1930, the installments being copyrighted as published by the Pro-Distributors Corporation. In 1930 the registered copyrights were conveyed by it to Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., which published the installments and revisions of them in a book, registering a copyright thereof. On June 23, 1930...

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