Dun v. Lumbermen's Credit Ass'n explained

Litigants:Dun v. Lumbermen's Credit Ass'n
Arguedate:January 31
Argueyear:1908
Decidedate:February 24
Decideyear:1908
Fullname:Dun v. Lumbermen's Credit Association
Usvol:209
Uspage:20
Parallelcitations: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.
Majority:Moody
Joinmajority: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.[1]

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