Douglas v. Cunningham

Douglas v. Cunningham
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 18, 1935 Decided February 4, 1935
Full case name	Douglas v. Cunningham
Citations	294 U.S. 207 ( more ) 55 S. Ct. 365; 79 L. Ed. 862; 24 U.S.P.Q. 153
Prior history	Cunningham v. Douglas, 72 F.2d 536 (1st Cir. 1934); cert. granted, 293 U.S. 551(1934).
Holding
The statute allowed an award of $5,000 instead of a copyright infringement damages calculation based on the newspaper's circulation.
Court membership
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices Willis Van Devanter  · James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis  · George Sutherland Pierce Butler  · Harlan F. Stone Owen Roberts  · Benjamin N. Cardozo
Case opinions
Majority	Roberts, joined by a unanimous court
Laws applied
Copyright Act of 1909

Douglas v. Cunningham, 294 U.S. 207 (1935), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the Copyright Act of 1909 allowed an award of $5,000 instead of a copyright infringement damages calculation based on the newspaper's circulation. ^[1]

References

1. Douglas v. Cunningham, 294 U.S. 207 (1935).

External links

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