WHITMAN v. WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS

No. 15764.

148 F.Supp. 37 (1957)

Vincent I. WHITMAN, Plaintiff, v. WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS, Inc., a corporation, Walter E. Disney, an individual, Roy O. Disney, an individual, John Does One to Four, inclusive, Jane Does One to Four, inclusive, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.

January 16, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. F. Brown, Los Angeles, Cal., Edward D. Bolton, New York City, for plaintiff.

Lyon & Lyon, Leonard S. Lyon, Robert Douglas Lyon, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants.


HARRISON, District Judge.

Suit is brought for infringement of of United States Letters Patent No. 2,075,684, issued March 30, 1937 to plaintiff, the present owner, covering systems of composite motion picture photography. It is alleged that defendants, in producing certain motion pictures since 1937 including Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Peter Pan, Cinderella and many others, have infringed this patent.

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