CURTIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 200-57.

168 F.Supp. 213 (1958)

Arthur S. CURTIS v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

December 3, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur S. Curtis, pro se.

M. Morton Weinstein, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. George Cochran Doub, for defendant.


LARAMORE, Judge.

Plaintiff, the creator and owner of a copyrighted cartoon strip, seeks to recover just compensation for the alleged taking of his property.

The facts as shown by the petition and affidavits filed are briefly as follows:

Plaintiff is the creator and owner of a copyrighted syndicated cartoon strip entitled "The Medal of Honor—True Tales of the Nation's Highest Award," which was published in a series beginning in 1945. The "strip...

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