| Litigants: | Douglas v. Cunningham |
| Arguedate: | January 18 |
| Argueyear: | 1935 |
| Decidedate: | February 4 |
| Decideyear: | 1935 |
| Fullname: | Douglas v. Cunningham |
| Usvol: | 294 |
| Uspage: | 207 |
| Parallelcitations: | 55 S. Ct. 365; 79 L. Ed. 862; 24 U.S.P.Q. 153 |
| Prior: | Cunningham v. Douglas, 72 F.2d 536 (1st Cir. 1934); cert. granted, . |
| Holding: | The statute allowed an award of $5,000 instead of a copyright infringement damages calculation based on the newspaper's circulation. |
| Majority: | Roberts |
| Joinmajority: | a unanimous court |
| Lawsapplied: | Copyright Act of 1909 |
Douglas v. Cunningham, 294 U.S. 207 (1935), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the Copyright Act of 1909 allowed an award of $5,000 instead of a copyright infringement damages calculation based on the newspaper's circulation.[1]