SCOTT v. WKJG, INC.

No. 15611.

376 F.2d 467 (1967)

Florence SCOTT, formerly Florence Mesler Montague, an individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WKJG, INC., and National Broadcasting Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

May 2, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert L. Jeffers, Fort Wayne, Ind., for appellant.

John E. Hoffman, Fort Wayne, Ind., Eugene L. Girden, New York City, Hoffman, Moppert & Solomon, Fort Wayne, Ind., Coudert Brothers, New York City, for defendants-appellee.

Before DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge, and CASTLE and SWYGERT, Circuit Judges.


DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge.

This suit for damages and injunctive relief was brought by the plaintiff for the alleged infringement by defendants of a copyright owned by her.

Plaintiff Scott testified that when she wrote "Discretion" in 1939, she was a housewife living in Grand Rapids, Michigan; that she wrote it as a one-act radio play as a pilot for a proposed radio series, but that "Discretion" was never broadcast as a radio play. She testified further that...

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