HAMPTON v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION

No. 16486.

279 F.2d 100 (1960)

John HAMPTON and Dorothy Hampton, Appellants, v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION, and Eastman Kodak Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

June 2, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony V. Randles, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants.

Meville B. Nimmer, Nimmer & Selvin, Beverly Hills, Cal., for appellees.

Before BARNES, HAMLEY, and JERTBERG, Circuit Judges.


HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

This copyright infringement suit in which injunctive relief and damages were sought involves the silent motion picture film, "The Covered Wagon," produced in 1923. The plaintiff is Paramount Pictures Corporation which through a predecessor corporation, holds the copyright by assignment from the original producer, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. The defendants are John and Dorothy Hampton, herein referred to as Hampton.

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