CONSUMERS UNION OF U. S., INC. v. HOBART MFG. CO.


199 F.Supp. 860 (1961)

CONSUMERS UNION OF UNITED STATES, INC., Plaintiff, v. HOBART MANUFACTURING COMPANY and Speed Queen Atlantic Company, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

December 4, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karpatkin & Karpatkin, New York City, Marvin Moses Karpatkin and Rhoda Hendrich Karpatkin, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiff.

White & Case, New York City, Werner Janssen, Jr., New York City, and Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, Ohio, of counsel, for defendant Hobart Mfg. Co.

Moses Block, New York City, for defendant Speed Queen Atlantic Co.


THOMAS F. MURPHY, District Judge.

Defendant Hobart moves for summary judgment.

We will presume a familiarity with Judge Dimock's opinion (D.C., 189 F.Supp. 275, 278) denying plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction.

Judge Dimock almost held that the quoted parts in defendants' Bulletin copied from plaintiff's report were not protected by copyright. He did not have to on such a motion, but we have no hesitancy...

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