MORRIS v. WILSON

No. 35, Docket 26945.

295 F.2d 36 (1961)

Ruth MORRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John C. WILSON, Fred Saidy, E. Y. Harburg, and National Broadcasting Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided October 10, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Morris, Long Beach, N.Y., pro se.

Lee V. Eastman, New York City, for appellees.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and FRIENDLY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff charges John C. Wilson and the other defendants with infringing her copyrighted play by their production and television version of the musical comedy "Bloomer Girl." A comparison of the script of plaintiff's play "The Lowells * * * Talk Only to God" with "Bloomer Girl" discloses no similarity except the very general theme of the feminist movement, no copying and no identity of characters.

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