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BRECHT v. BENTLEY

185 F.Supp. 890 (1960)

Stefan Sebastian BRECHT, Plaintiff, v. Eric BENTLEY, Lee Paton, David Brooks, Robert Welber and Katina Paxinou, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

July 27, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hays, St. John, Abramson & Heilbron, New York City, for plaintiff; Irwin Karp, New York City, of counsel.

Wittenberg, Carrington & Farnsworth, New York City, for defendant, Eric Bentley; Philip Wittenberg, New York City, of counsel.

Otto M. Bonaparte, Brooklyn, N. Y., for defendants, Lee Paton and Robert Welber.

Leonard Adler, Brooklyn, N. Y., for defendant, David Brooks.

FREDERICK van PELT BRYAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Stefan Sebastian Brecht, alleging himself to be the equitable owner of the copyright of the German play by his father Bertold Brecht known in English as "Mother Courage", sues under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. to enjoin defendants from carrying out announced plans to produce the play in New York.

The defendants served with their answers a notice to take the plaintiff's deposition and his...

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