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CASES
1940-1949List of Cases
| Year | Country | Case Name | Court | Complaining Work | Defending Work | Complaining Author | Defending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | US | Darrell v. Joe Morris Music | 2d Cir. | Does Anybody Want a Little Kewpie | On the Beach at Bali-Bali | Jack Darrell | Sherman, Meskill, and Silver |
| 1940 | US | Davilla v. Harms | S.D.N.Y. | If I were a Spider... | Desert Song | Joseph Davila | Sigmund Romberg |
| 1941 | US | Allen v. Walt Disney | S.D.N.Y. | Old Eli | Someday My Prince Will Come | Wadsworth Doster | Frank Churchill |
| 1941 | US | Marks v. Stasny | S.D.N.Y. | Allà en el Rancho Grande | Allà en el Rancho Grande | Silvano D. Ramos | Anonymous |
| 1942 | US | Carew v. R.K.O. Radio Pictures | S.D. Cal. | Chatterbox | Chatterbox | Evelyn Carew | Jerome Brainan |
| 1942 | US | McMahon v. Harms | S.D.N.Y. | In Sunny Kansas | Love Sends A Little Gift of Roses | Joseph McMahon | John Openshaw |
| 1943 | US | Arnstein v. Broadcast Music | 2d Cir. | Whisper to Me | It All Comes Back to Me Now | Ira Arnstein | Hy Zaret et al. |
| 1943 | US | Arnstein v. Twentieth Century Fox | S.D.N.Y. | Kalamazoo | I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo | Ira Arnstein | Harry Warren |
| 1944 | US | Gingg v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp, et al. | S.D. Cal. | There'll Never Be Another You | There Will Never Be Another You | Allamae Britton Gingg | Mack Gordon and Harry Warren |
| 1944 | US | Edward B. Marks Music Corp. v. Jerry Vogel Music Co. | 2d Cir. | December and May | Edward B. Marks | ||
| 1945 | US | Brodsky v. Universal Pictures Company | 2d Cir. | Prelude in A Major | Bad Lands of Dakota | Samuel Brodsky | Hans Salter |
| 1945 | US | Jewel Music v. Leo Feist | S.D.N.Y. | Carnival in Cotton Town | Drummer Boy | Louis Ricca | Roger Edens |
| 1946 | US | Arnstein v. Porter | 2d Cir. | Modern Messiah | Don't Fence Me In | Ira Arnstein | Cole Porter |
| 1946 | US | Heim v. Universal Pictures | 2d Cir. | Ma Este Meg Boldog Vagyok | Perhaps | Hajdu Imre (Heim) | Aldo Franchetti |
| 1948 | US | Baron v. Leo Feist | S.D.N.Y. | L'Annee Passee | Rum and Coca-Cola | Lionel Belasco and Massie Patterson | Jeri Sullivan and Paul Baron |
| 1948 | US | Kahn v. Leo Feist | 2d Cir. | Victory Calypsoes | Rum and Coca-Cola | Mohammed H. Kahn | Leo Feist |
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