Litigants: | Hills and Co. v. Hoover |
Arguedatea: | March 15 |
Arguedateb: | 16 |
Argueyear: | 1911 |
Decidedate: | April 3 |
Decideyear: | 1911 |
Fullname: | Hills and Company, Limited v. Hoover |
Usvol: | 220 |
Uspage: | 329 |
Parallelcitations: | 31 S. Ct. 402; 55 L. Ed. 485 |
Holding: | The owner of a copyright is restricted to a single action against another to find, seize, and seek penalties for allegedly infringing copies of a work. |
Majority: | Day |
Joinmajority: | unanimous |
Hills and Co. v. Hoover, 220 U.S. 329 (1911), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the owner of a copyright is restricted to a single action against another to find, seize, and seek penalties for allegedly infringing copies of a work.[1]