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NOVA STYLINGS, INC. v. LADD

No. 80-5653.

695 F.2d 1179 (1983)

NOVA STYLINGS, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David L. LADD, Register of Copyrights, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Painter, Cooper, Epstein & Hurewitz, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

John Fargo, Washington, D.C., argued, for defendant-appellee; Thomas S. Martin, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., on brief.

Before ANDERSON and CANBY, Circuit Judges, and CRAIG, District Judge.

J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Nova Stylings, Inc. (Nova) brought a mandamus action under 28 U.S.C. § 1361 to compel the Register of Copyrights to register Nova's claims of copyright. The district court, the Honorable Terry J. Hatter presiding, dismissed the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

I. FACTS

In 1979, Nova submitted several jewelry designs for copyright registration. The Copyright Office, through its Register...

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