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LOTTIE JOPLIN THOMAS TRUST v. CROWN PUBLISHERS

No. 75 Civ. 1940 (JMC).

456 F.Supp. 531 (1977)

The LOTTIE JOPLIN THOMAS TRUST, Mary L. Wormley, Administratrix d/b/n of the Estate of Lottie Joplin Thomas, and Mary L. Wormley, Plaintiffs, v. CROWN PUBLISHERS, INC., Olympic Records Corporation and Joseph Abend, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

May 26, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linden & Deutsch, New York City (Joseph Calderon, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Denhoffer, Ruden & Cramer, New York City (Martin R. Cramer, New York City, of counsel), for defendants.

OPINION

CANNELLA, District Judge:

After a bench trial, plaintiff is granted judgment on the complaint against defendants Joseph Abend and Olympic Records Corporation in the amount of $73,242.46 plus costs, and against defendant Crown Publishers, Inc. in the amount of $104,738.17 plus costs.

FACTS

This suit for copyright infringement turns on the present ownership of the copyrighted work "Treemonisha," composed by the late Scott Joplin,...

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