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Scribner Vs. Straus
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-01-1908
Scribner v. Straus - 210 U.S. 352 (1908) U.S. Supreme Court Scribner v. Straus, 210 U.S. 352 (1908) Scribner v. Straus No. 204, 205 Argued April 16, 1908 Decided June 1, 1908 210 U.S. 352 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Syllabus Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus, ante, p. 210 U. S. 339 , followed as to construction of 4952, Rev.Stat., and the extent of the exclusive right to vend thereby granted to the owner of a statutory copyright. Where the jurisdiction of the circuit court is invoked for the protection of rights under the copyright statute, that court cannot consider questions of contract right not dependent on the statute where diverse citizenship does not exist, or if it does exist, where the statutory amount is not involved. Both the courts below having found that there was no satisfactory proof to support complainants' claim against defendants for contributory infringement by inducing others to violate contracts of conditional sale, th...
Londoner Vs. Denver
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-01-1908
Londoner v. Denver - 210 U.S. 373 (1908) U.S. Supreme Court Londoner v. Denver, 210 U.S. 373 (1908) Londoner v. Denver No. 157 Argued March 6, 9, 1908 Decided June 1, 1908 210 U.S. 373 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF COLORADO Syllabus The legislature of a state may authorize municipal improvements without any petition of landowners to be assessed therefor, and proceedings of a municipality in accordance with charter provisions and without hearings authorizing an improvement do not deny due process of law to landowners who are afforded a hearing upon the assessment itself. The decision of a state court that a city council properly determined that the board of public works had acted within its jurisdiction under the city charter does not involve a federal question reviewable by this Court. Where the state court has construed a state statute so as to bring it into harmony with the federal and state constitutions, nothing in the Fourteenth Amendment gives this Cour...
Bobbs-merrill Co. Vs. Straus
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-01-1908
Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus - 210 U.S. 339 (1908) U.S. Supreme Court Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus, 210 U.S. 339 (1908) Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus No. 176 Argued March 12, 13, 1908 Decided June 1, 1908 210 U.S. 339 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Syllabus There are differences between the patent and the copyright statutes in the extent of the protection granted by them, and the rights of a patentee are not necessarily to be applied by analogy to those claiming under copyright. At common law, an author had a property in his manuscript, and might have redress against anyone undertaking to publish it without his authority. Copyright property under the federal law is wholly statutory, and depends upon the rights created under acts of Congress passed in pursuance of authority conferred by 8 of Art. I of the federal Constitution. The copyright statutes are to be reasonably construed. They will not by judicial construction either be unduly extend...
Western Loan and Savings Co. Vs. Butte and Boston Min. Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-01-1908
Western Loan & Savings Co. v. Butte & Boston Min. Co. - 210 U.S. 368 (1908) U.S. Supreme Court Western Loan & Savings Co. v. Butte & Boston Min. Co., 210 U.S. 368 (1908) Western Loan & Savings Company v. Butte & Boston Mining Company No. 351 Submitted April 20, 1908 Decided June 1, 1908 210 U.S. 368 ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA Syllabus Where diversity of citizenship exists so that the suit is cognizable in some circuit court, the objection to the jurisdiction of the particular court in which the suit is brought may be waived by appearing and pleading to the merits. In re Moore, 209 U. S. 490 , overruling anything to the contrary in Ex Parte Wisner, 203 U. S. 449 . In a state where objection that the court has not jurisdiction of the person must -- as in Montana under code 1820 -- be taken by special appearance and motion aimed at the jurisdiction, the interposition by defendant of a demurrer going to the merits as wel...
Globe Newspaper Co. Vs. Walker
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-01-1908
Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker - 210 U.S. 356 (1908) U.S. Supreme Court Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker, 210 U.S. 356 (1908) Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker No. 210 Argued April 23, 1908 Decided June 1, 1908 210 U.S. 356 ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS Syllabus The right of an author in the United States to multiply copies of his works after publication is the creation of a new right by federal statute under constitutional authority, and not a continuation of a common law right. Wheaton v. Peters, 8 Pet. 590. While a general liability or right created by statute without a remedy may be enforced by an appropriate common law action, when a special remedy is coupled therewith, that remedy is exclusive. Pollard v. Bailey, 20 Wall. 520. Although remedies given by a statute to protect property in copyright may be inadequate for the purpose intended, the courts cannot enlarge the remedy. Congress alone has power so to do by amendi...
Delmar Jockey Club Vs. Missouri
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-01-1908
Delmar Jockey Club v. Missouri - 210 U.S. 324 (1908) U.S. Supreme Court Delmar Jockey Club v. Missouri, 210 U.S. 324 (1908) Delmar Jockey Club v. Missouri No. 21 Argued April 29, 30, 1908 Decided June 1, 1908 210 U.S. 324 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI Syllabus Even if the state court erred in a proceeding over which it has exclusive jurisdiction, such error would not afford a basis for reviewing its judgment in this Court. The mere assertion by plaintiff in error that the judgment of the state court deprived him of his property by unequal enforcement of the law in violation of federal immunities specially set up does not create a federal question where there is no ground for such a contention, and the state court followed its conception of the rules of pleading as expounded in its previous decisions. Where the asserted federal questions are so plainly devoid of merit as not to constitute a basis for the writ of error, the writ will be dismissed. Whe...
Continental Paper Bag Co. Vs. Eastern Paper Bag Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-01-1908
Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co. - 210 U.S. 405 (1908) U.S. Supreme Court Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co., 210 U.S. 405 (1908) Continental Paper Bag Company v. Eastern Paper Bag Company No. 202 Argued April 15, 1908 Decided June 1, 1908 210 U.S. 405 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT Syllabus The previous decisions of this Court are not to be construed as holding that only pioneer patents are entitled to invoke the doctrine of equivalents, but that the range of equivalents depends upon the degree of invention, and infringement of a patent not primary is therefore not averted merely because defendant's machine may be differentiated. Under 4888, Rev.Stat., the claims measure the invention, and while the inventor must describe the best mode of applying the principle of his invention, the description does not necessarily measure the invention. Where both of the lower courts find that complainant did with his...
Ponce Vs. Roman Catholic Church
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-01-1908
Ponce v. Roman Catholic Church - 210 U.S. 296 (1908) U.S. Supreme Court Ponce v. Roman Catholic Church, 210 U.S. 296 (1908) Ponce v. Roman Catholic Church No. 143 Argued March 3, 1908 Decided June 1, 1908 210 U.S. 296 APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF PORTO RICO Syllabus Under the Organic Act of Porto Rico, March 2, 1901, 31 Stat. 77, the legislative assembly has express authority to legislate regarding the jurisdiction and procedure of its courts, and it has been usual for Congress to give such power to the legislatures of the territories. Such legislation was not contrary to the Constitution, and was in conformity with the power conferred by Congress upon the legislative assembly to regulate the jurisdiction of the courts. Since April 11, 1899, Porto Rico has been de facto and de jure American territory, and its history and its legal and political institutions up to the time of its annexation will be recognized by this Court. As to our insular possessions, the Spani...
Pierce Vs. Creecy
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-01-1908
Pierce v. Creecy - 210 U.S. 387 (1908) U.S. Supreme Court Pierce v. Creecy, 210 U.S. 387 (1908) Pierce v. Creecy No. 357 Argued April 20, 21, 1908 Decided June 1, 1908 210 U.S. 387 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI Syllabus Whether or not the indictment on which the demand for petitioner's surrender for interstate extradition is based charges him with crime within the requirements of Article IV, 2, par. 2, of the federal Constitution involves the construction of that instrument, and a direct appeal lies to this Court from the Circuit Court under 5 of the Judiciary Act of 1891. While no person may be lawfully extradited from one state to another under Article IV, 2, par. 2 of the federal Constitution unless he has been charged with crime in the latter state, there is no constitutional requirement that there should be anything more than a charge of crime, and an indictment which clearly describes the crime charged is s...
Kansas City Northwestern R. Co. Vs. Zimmerman
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-01-1908
Kansas City Northwestern R. Co. v. Zimmerman - 210 U.S. 336 (1908) U.S. Supreme Court Kansas City Northwestern R. Co. v. Zimmerman, 210 U.S. 336 (1908) Kansas City Northwestern Railroad Company v. Zimmerman No. 231 Submitted April 28, 1908 Decided June 1, 1908 210 U.S. 336 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS Syllabus Where the ground on which the jurisdiction of the circuit court was denied did not go to its jurisdiction as a federal court as such, but its jurisdiction was denied on the ground that the state court where the proceedings started had no jurisdiction, a direct appeal on the jurisdictional question will not lie to this Court under 5 of the Judiciary Act of 1891. It is not open to a defendant who has secured a removal and successfully resisted a motion to remand to raise the question that the removal was improper on a certificate of jurisdiction to this Court under 5 of the Judiciary Act of 1891. Appeal from 144 F. 52...
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