DONALDSON PUBLISHING CO. v. BREGMAN, VOCCO & CONN, INC.

No. 189, Docket 30367.

375 F.2d 639 (1967)

DONALDSON PUBLISHING CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BREGMAN, VOCCO & CONN, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis A. Dreyer, New York City (Norma Hack and Rosen, Seton & Sarbin, New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

Max Chopnick, New York City (Theodore R. Kupferman, S. Leonard Wall, John G. Proudfit and Conner & Chopnick, New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

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


HAYS, Circuit Judge:

This is an action to determine the ownership under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 24,1 of the renewal copyright interest in eighty-seven songs written either alone or in collaboration with others by Walter Donaldson. Ownership is claimed by defendant under a contract, dated May 15, 1928, between Donaldson and the defendant, known at that time as Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble, Inc. Donaldson died before the commencement...

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