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SZEKELY v. EAGLE LION FILMS

140 F.Supp. 843 (1956)

John SZEKELY, also known professionally as John Pen, Plaintiff, v. EAGLE LION FILMS, Inc., General Film Distributors, Ltd., J. Arthur Rank, Rod Geiger and Nat Bronsten, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

May 8, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fitelson & Mayers, New York City (Benjamin Aslan, Harold J. Sherman, New York City, Howard Gotbetter, Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for plaintiff.

Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin & Krim, New York City (Walter S. Beck, Seymour Shainswit, New York City, of counsel), for defendant Eagle Lion Films, Inc.

DAWSON, District Judge.

This action alleges infringement of plaintiff's common law right of literary property in an original unpublished screen play and seeks an injunction and damages. The action was tried by the Court without a jury.

Although five defendants are named in the complaint, the defendant Eagle Lion Films, Inc. (hereinafter called "Eagle Lion") is the only defendant remaining in the case. Three of the other defendants were never served with process...

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