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COSTELLO v. LOEW'S INCORPORATED

Civ. A. 3433-55.

159 F.Supp. 782 (1958)

Dona B. COSTELLO, otherwise known as Mary A. Costello, Plaintiff, v. LOEW'S INCORPORATED, otherwise known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Defendant.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

February 19, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Yates Dowell, A. Yates Dowell, Jr., Robert H. McNeill, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

James F. Reilly, Washington, D. C., (William J. Hughes, Jr., Washington, D. C., Benjamin I. Melniker, Joseph A. Macchia, New York City, of counsel), for defendant.

KEECH, District Judge.

The plaintiff in this action, Dona B. Costello, seeks damages from the defendant, Loew's Incorporated, otherwise known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (M-G-M), in Count 1 for alleged infringement of her copyrighted drama The Sangreal by the defendant's motion picture Knights of the Round Table and in Count 2 for common-law misappropriation in defendant's motion picture of an uncopyrighted scenario based upon her drama. The case is before the...

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