Dun v. Lumbermen's Credit Ass'n

Dun v. Lumbermen's Credit Ass'n
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 31, 1908 Decided February 24, 1908
Full case name	Dun v. Lumbermen's Credit Association
Citations	209 U.S. 20 (more) 28 S. Ct. 335; 52 L. Ed. 663
Holding
The existence of some copyright-infringing information in a rote reference work does not entitle the original author to seek an injunction against the printing the later article when the later article's contents demonstrate significant original work.
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
Majority	Moody, joined by a unanimous court

Dun v. Lumbermen's Credit Ass'n, 209 U.S. 20 (1908), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the existence of some copyright-infringing information in a rote reference work does not entitle the original author to seek an injunction against the printing the later article when the later article's contents demonstrate significant original work.

External links

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