GOLDING v. R.K.O. PICTURES, INC.

Docket No. L.A. 20699.

35 Cal.2d 690 (1950)

221 P.2d 95

SAMUEL R. GOLDING et al., Respondents, v. R.K.O. PICTURES, INC. (a Corporation) et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 4, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp and Guy Knupp for Appellants.

Loeb & Loeb and Herman F. Selvin, Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellants.

Harold A. Fendler for Respondents.


EDMONDS, J.

In an action for the infringement of literary property, the producers of a motion picture appeal from a judgment awarding the authors of the assertedly plagiarized stage play damages in the sum of $25,000. The sufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment is the principal question presented for decision.

Samuel R. Golding and Norbert Faulkner, both well-established writers, collaborated in writing...

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