1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 630 F.2d
  5. 630 F.2d 685 (1980)
 

O'NEILL v. DELL PUBLISHING CO., INC.

No. 80-1147.

630 F.2d 685 (1980)

Daniel J. O'NEILL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DELL PUBLISHING CO., INC., Neal R. Burger, and George E. Simpson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Joseph Nugent, Jr., Providence, R. I., with whom Nugent & Nugent, and W. Albert Martin, Providence, R. I., were on brief, for appellant.

Patricia S. Nelson, Boston, Mass., with whom John R. Hally, and Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellees.

Before CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges, KEETON, District Judge.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

In this copyright case, plaintiff-appellant, Daniel J. O'Neill, appeals from summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, Dell Publishing Co., Inc., and the dismissal for lack of jurisdiction as to defendants-appellees, Neal R. Burger and George E. Simpson. Plaintiff claims that the defendants violated his common law copyright in his unpublished manuscript novel, Return to Nowhere, by publication of the book, Ghost Boat, written by...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases