Epoch Producing Corporation, and Cross-Appellant v. Killiam Shows, Inc., and Cross-Appellees. Killiam Shows, Inc., Third-Party v. Raymond Rohauer and Jay Ward Productions, Inc., Third-Party’s Empirical Analysis
522 F.2d 737 · 1975
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 91 later decisions — most recently December 2015 · most notably Harmasse Leclair and Elizabeth Leclair, Appellees-Cross-Appellants v. William Saunders, Appellant-Cross-Appellee (1980), Stone v. Williams (1992)
40 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 state decisions
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Relationships
Relies on The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. Shipman · Brady v. Southern Railway Co. · Costello v. United States · Pennsylvania Co v. Chamberlain · Witherspoon v. Illinois
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) Copyrights in their First Term on January 1, 1978 — (1)(A) any copyright, the first term of which is subsisting on January 1, 1978, shall endure for 28 years from the date it was originally secured. (1)(C) In the case of any other copyrighted work ...— (i) the author of such work, if the author is still living, (ii) the widow, widower, or children of the author, if the author is not living, shall be entitled to a renewal term and extension of the copyright in such work for a further term of 67 years. (2)(B) At the expiration of the original term of copyright in a work specified in paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection, the copyright shall endure for a renewed and extended further term of 67 years, which— (i) if an application to register a claim to such further term has been made to the Copyright Office within 1 year before the expiration of the original term of copyright, and the claim is registered, shall vest, upon the beginning of such further term, in any person who is entitled under paragraph (1)(C) to the renewal and extension of the copyright at the time the application is made; or (ii) if no such application is made or the claim pursuant to such application is not registered, shall vest, upon the beginning of such further term, in any person entitled under paragraph (1)(C), as of the last day of the original term of copyright, to the renewal and extension of the copyright. (3)(A) An application to register a claim to the renewed and extended term of copyright in a ”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“If the facts and inferences point so strongly and overwhelmingly in favor of one party that the Court believes that reasonable men could not arrive at a contrary verdict, granting of the motions is proper. On the other hand, if there is substantial evidence opposed to the motions, that is, evidence of such quality and weight that reasonable and fair-minded men in the exercise of impartial judgment might reach different conclusions, the motions should be denied, and the case submitted to the jury. A mere scintilla of evidence is insufficient to present a question for the jury.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Epoch Producing Corp. v. Killiam Shows, Inc., 522 F.2d 737 , 748 (2d Cir. 1975) (citing Barbara Ringer, Renewal of Copyright, in Report of the Register of Copyrights on the Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law, Study No. 31, at 136-37 (1960)). 15 The little case law that there is regarding the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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