Litigants: | Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker |
Arguedate: | April 23 |
Argueyear: | 1908 |
Decidedate: | June 1 |
Decideyear: | 1908 |
Fullname: | Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker |
Usvol: | 210 |
Uspage: | 356 |
Parallelcitations: | 28 S. Ct. 726; 52 L. Ed. 1096 |
Holding: | Congress having provided a remedy for those whose copyrights in maps are infringed, a civil action at common law for money damages cannot be maintained against the infringers. |
Majority: | Day |
Joinmajority: | unanimous |
Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker, 210 U.S. 356 (1908), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held Congress having provided a remedy for those whose copyrights in maps are infringed, a civil action at common law for money damages cannot be maintained against the infringers.[1]