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SHELDON v. METRO-GOLDWYN PICTURES CORPORATION

26 F.Supp. 134 (1938)

SHELDON et al. v. METRO-GOLDWYN PICTURES CORPORATION et al.

District Court, S. D. New York.

December 29, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Brien, Driscoll & Raftery, of New York City (Arthur F. Driscoll, Edward C. Raftery, Edward J. Clarke, T. Newman Lawler, and Sidney G. Rosenbloom, all of New York City, of counsel), for complainants.

J. Robert Rubin, of New York City, for defendants Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation.

Leopold Friedman, of New York City, for defendant Loew's, Inc.

Samuel D. Cohen, of New York City (John W. Davis, Samuel D. Cohen, Earle L. Beatty, and J. Paschall Davis, all of New York City, of counsel), for defendant Culver Export Corporation.

LEIBELL, District Judge.

Complainants, Edward Sheldon and Margaret Ayer Barnes, instituted this suit against the defendants, Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation, Loew's, Inc., and Culver Export Corporation alleging that the defendants in making, distributing and exhibiting their motion picture "Letty Lynton" appropriated and infringed upon complainants' dramatic composition "Dishonored Lady". The case was tried and the...

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