KRAMER v. NEWMAN

No. 89 CIV 6114 (KC).

749 F.Supp. 542 (1990)

Victor A. KRAMER, Plaintiff, v. Mary NEWMAN, Trustee of the James Agee Trust, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

October 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Shatzkin, Shatzkin & Reiss, New York City, for plaintiff.

Mark W. Budwig, Rembar & Curtis, New York City, for defendant.


ORDER

CONBOY, District Judge:

This action involves copyright claims to several assertedly unpublished works of James Agee, the celebrated twentieth century American author. Plaintiff, an author who seeks to use the works in a book on James Agee, requests a declaration that the manuscripts are in the public domain and that therefore, the defendant, the present Trustee of the James Agee Trust, cannot prevent him from using them. The issue is joined in this...

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