| Litigants: | Gibbs v. Buck |
| Decidedate: | April 17 |
| Decideyear: | 1939 |
| Fullname: | Gibbs v. Buck |
| Usvol: | 307 |
| Uspage: | 66 |
| Parallelcitations: | 59 S. Ct. 725; 83 L. Ed. 1111 |
| Holding: | 1) An association of copyright holders, ASCAP, may sum their collective costs to meet the damages threshold for federal jurisdiction. 2) A motion to dismiss allegations that raise "grave doubts about the constitutionality" of legislation should be denied. |
| Majority: | Reed |
| Joinmajority: | Hughes, McReynolds, Butler, Stone, Roberts, Frankfurter, Douglas |
| Dissent: | Black |
Gibbs v. Buck, 307 U.S. 66 (1939), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court had two main holdings. First, an association of copyright holders, ASCAP, may sum their collective costs to meet the damages threshold for federal jurisdiction. Second, a motion to dismiss allegations that raise "grave doubts about the constitutionality" of legislation should be denied.