LEO FEIST, INC. v. DEBMAR PUBLISHING COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 27800.

232 F.Supp. 623 (1964)

LEO FEIST, INC. v. DEBMAR PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc., Chancellor Records, Inc., Bob Marcucci and Peter DeAngelis.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

May 18, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Beechwood, J. Paul Erwin, Jr., Beechwood & Lovitt, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Harry R. Back, Philadelphia, Pa., Walter Hofer, New York City, for defendant.


KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

This action for copyright infringement is now before the court upon the defendants' motion for summary judgment. The defendants contend that the matter is res judicata, having been judicially determined in their favor in a proceeding in the English courts.

The plaintiff is the owner of a copyrighted musical composition entitled "In a Little Spanish Town." The defendants admit publication, reproduction, and performance of a musical...

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