Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : Mar-08-1954
Mazer v. Stein - 347 U.S. 201 (1954) U.S. Supreme Court Mazer v. Stein, 347 U.S. 201 (1954) Mazer v. Stein No. 228 Argued December 3, 1953 Decided March 8, 1954 347 U.S. 201 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Respondents are engaged in the manufacture and sale of electric lamps. One of the respondents created original works of sculpture, from the models of which china statuettes were made. The statuettes were used as bases for fully equipped electric lamps, which respondents sold. Respondents submitted the statuettes, without any lamp components added, for registration under the copyright law as "works of art" or reproductions thereof. Held: the statuettes were copyrightable. Pp. 347 U. S. 202 -219. (a) The successive Copyright Acts, the legislative history of the 1909 Act, and the practice of the Copyright Office show that "works of art" and "reproductions of works of art" were intended by Congress to include the authority...
Tag this Judgment!Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : Feb-08-1954
Irvine v. California - 347 U.S. 128 (1954) U.S. Supreme Court Irvine v. California, 347 U.S. 128 (1954) Irvine v. California No. 12 Argued November 30, 1953 Decided February 8, 1954 347 U.S. 128 CERTIORARI TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT Syllabus After admission of evidence obtained by illegal entries into his home, petitioner was convicted in a California state court on charges of horse-race bookmaking and related offenses under the state anti-gambling laws. Prior to petitioner's arrest, and while he and his wife were absent from their home, a police officer arranged with a locksmith to go there and make a key to the door. On three different occasions, without a search warrant or other process, officers and a technician entered the home by means of this key and installed a concealed microphone in the hall, and later moved it to petitioner's bedroom and thence to a closet. At petitioner's trial, officers were allowed to testify, over...
Tag this Judgment!Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : Dec-06-1954
United States v. Brown - 348 U.S. 110 (1954) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Brown, 348 U.S. 110 (1954) United States v. Brown No. 38 Argued November 15, 1954 Decided December 6, 1954 348 U.S. 110 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Syllabus A discharged veteran may maintain an action against the United States under the Tort Claims Act for an injury suffered, after his discharge, in a Veterans Administration hospital as a result of negligent treatment of a service-connected disability, although his compensation under the Veterans Act has already been increased because of such injury. Brooks v. United Sate, 337 U. S. 49 , followed; Feres v. United States, 340 U. S. 135 , distinguished. Pp. 348 U. S. 110 -113. 209 F.2d 463, affirmed. MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. 1346(b), brought by respondent, a discharged veteran, for damages for negligen...
Tag this Judgment!