Miller Music Corp. v. Charles N. Daniels, Inc.

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Miller Music Corp. v. Charles N. Daniels, Inc.
Argued February 24-25, 1960
Decided April 18, 1960
Full case nameMiller Music Corp. v. Charles N. Daniels, Inc.
Citations362 U.S. 373 ( more )
80 S. Ct. 792; 4 L. Ed. 2d 804; 125 U.S.P.Q. 147
Prior history158 F. Supp. 188 (S.D.N.Y. 1957); affirmed, 265 F.2d 925 (2d Cir. 1959); cert. granted, 361 U.S. 809(1959).
Holding
The executor of a copyright holder's will is eligible to renew that copyright.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black  · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas  · Tom C. Clark
John M. Harlan II  · William J. Brennan Jr.
Charles E. Whittaker  · Potter Stewart
Case opinions
MajorityDouglas, joined by Warren, Black, Clark, Brennan
DissentHarlan, joined by Frankfurter, Whittaker, Stewart

Miller Music Corp. v. Charles N. Daniels, Inc., 362 U.S. 373 (1960), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the executor of a copyright holder's will is eligible to renew that copyright. [1]

References

  1. Miller Music Corp. v. Charles N. Daniels, Inc., 362 U.S. 373 (1960).