L. A. Westermann Co. v. Dispatch Printing Co.

L. A. Westermann Co. v. Dispatch Printing Co.
L. A. Westermann Co. v. Dispatch Printing Co.
	Supreme Court of the United States
Submitted November 15, 1918; Decided March 3, 1919
Full case name	L. A. Westermann Co. v. Dispatch Printing Co.
Citations	249 U.S. 100 (more) 39 S. Ct. 194; 63 L. Ed. 499
Holding
	Penalties awarded "in lieu of actual damages and profits" cannot be less than $250 for each case of copyright infringement.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Edward D. White Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr.; William R. Day · Willis Van Devanter; Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds; Louis Brandeis · John H. Clarke
Case opinion
Majority	Van Devanter, joined by unanimous
	Day took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

L. A. Westermann Co. v. Dispatch Printing Co., 249 U.S. 100 (1919), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court that held penalties awarded "in lieu of actual damages and profits" cannot be less than $250 for each case of copyright infringement.^[1]

References

^ L. A. Westermann Co. v. Dispatch Printing Co., 249 U.S. 100 (1919)

External links

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[1] L. A. Westermann Co. v. Dispatch Printing Co., 249 U.S. 100 (1919)

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