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Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker

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Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker
Argued April 23, 1908
Decided June 1, 1908
Full case nameGlobe Newspaper Co. v. Walker
Citations210 U.S. 356 (more)
28 S. Ct. 726; 52 L. Ed. 1096
Holding
Congress having provided a remedy for those whose copyrights in maps are infringed, a civil action at common law for money damages cannot be maintained against the infringers.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Melville Fuller
Associate Justices
John M. Harlan · David J. Brewer
Edward D. White · Rufus W. Peckham
Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr.
William R. Day · William H. Moody
Case opinion
MajorityDay, joined by unanimous

Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker, 210 U.S. 356 (1908), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held Congress having provided a remedy for those whose copyrights in maps are infringed, a civil action at common law for money damages cannot be maintained against the infringers.[1]

References

  1. ^ Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker, 210 U.S. 356 (1908).