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ROLLAND v. HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

152 F.Supp. 167 (1957)

Marie ROLLAND, also known as Marie Romain Rolland and Madeleine Rolland, Plaintiffs, v. HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY, Incorporated, Pocket Books, Inc., Fred Reinfeld and Gilbert Cannan, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

March 21, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie Louise Stern, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Satterlee, Warfield & Stephens, New York City, for defendants Henry Holt & Co., Inc., Pocket Books, Inc., & Fred Reinfeld.

WALSH, District Judge.

Defendants Henry Holt and Company, Pocket Books, Inc., and Reinfeld, the only defendants who have been served have moved to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Their motion is granted.

Plaintiffs, claiming to represent the interests of the now deceased author and the original French publisher of Jean Christophe, complain that the defendants, by publishing an abridgment of this work, have...

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