Litigants: | American Lithographic Co. v. Werkmeister |
Arguedate: | April 10 |
Argueyear: | 1911 |
Decidedate: | May 29 |
Decideyear: | 1911 |
Fullname: | American Lithographic Co. v. Werkmeister |
Usvol: | 221 |
Uspage: | 603 |
Parallelcitations: | 31 S. Ct. 676; 55 L. Ed. 873 |
Holding: | A corporation defendant in a suit to enforce copyright infringement penalties is not entitled to a Fourth or Fifth Amendment objection to the admission of its bookkeeping entries into evidence when they are produced under a subpoena. |
American Lithographic Co. v. Werkmeister, 221 U.S. 603 (1911), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a corporation defendant in a suit to enforce copyright infringement penalties is not entitled to a Fourth or Fifth Amendment objection to the admission of its bookkeeping entries into evidence when they are produced under a subpoena duces tecum.