ANDRIEN v. SO. OCEAN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Nos. 90-5622, 90-5623.

927 F.2d 132 (1991)

James J. ANDRIEN, Appellant in No. 90-5622 v. SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; Manahawkin Newspapers, Inc.; William Sherry, t/a Surf Printing, Appellees in No. 90-5622. James J. ANDRIEN, Appellant in No. 90-5623 v. Joseph W. INMAN and Inman Realty, Appellee in No. 90-5623.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 1, 1991.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald C. Simpson (argued), Simpson & Simpson, P.C., Moorestown, N.J., for appellant.

Robert G. Shepherd (argued), Mathews, Woodbridge & Collins, Princeton, N.J., for Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce.

Gerard P. Scala, Hughes & Hendrix, West Trenton, N.J., for Manahawkin Newspapers, Inc.

Eric G. Daniel, Frank P. Cavallo, Jr., Slimm, Dash & Goldberg, Westmont, N.J., for Williams Sherry t/a Surf Printing.

Marc Spielberg, Barnegat Light, N.J., for Joseph Inman and Inman Realty.

Before STAPLETON, GREENBERG and WEIS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied April 3, 1991.

OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

The district court held that the plaintiff who assembled a series of maps and turned them over to a printing firm to prepare a composite was not the author for copyright purposes. Accepting the plaintiff's version of events for summary judgment purposes, we conclude that the record does not support depriving plaintiff of his status as author. Accordingly...

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