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CASES

Before 1900

List of Cases

Year	Country	Case Name	Court	Complaining Work	Defending Work	Complaining Author	Defending
1844	US	Millett v. Snowden	C. C. S.D.N.Y.	The Cot Beneath the Hill	The Cot Beneath the Hill	W.J. Wetmore	W. J. Wetmore
1845	US	Reed v. Carusi	C.C. Md.	The Old Arm Chair	The Old Arm Chair	Henry Russell	Samuel Carusi
1846	US	Ferrett v. Atwill	S.D.N.Y.	"Alethia Waltz", based on a theme from Michael Balfe's "The Bohemia Girl"		Michael Balfe, arranged by Francis Brown
1850	US	Jollie v. Jacques	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	Serious Family Polka	Serious Family Polka	Anonymous	Anonymous
1887	US	Blume v. Spear	C.C.S.D.N.Y.	My Own Sweet Darling	Call Me Back Again	Fannie Beane	W.D.Hendrickson
1888	US	Kennedy v. McTammanay	C.C.D. Mass.	Cradle’s Empty Baby’s Gone		Harry Kennedy
1898	US	Broder, et al. v. Zeno Mauvais Music Co.	C.C.N.D. Cal.	Dora Dean	Ma Angeline	Bert A. Williams	Charles Sidney O'Brien
1899	UK	Boosey v. Whight	Ch. D.	"My Lady's Bower"		Messrs. Boosey & Co.	Whight

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