Litigants: | Lumiere v. Mae Edna Wilder, Inc. |
Arguedate: | January 18 |
Argueyear: | 1923 |
Decidedate: | February 19 |
Decideyear: | 1923 |
Fullname: | Lumiere v. Mae Edna Wilder, Inc. |
Usvol: | 261 |
Uspage: | 174 |
Parallelcitations: | 43 S. Ct. 312; 67 L. Ed. 596 |
Holding: | A person or corporation cannot file suits under the Copyright Act in areas in which they do not have an office and do no business. |
Majority: | Brandeis |
Joinmajority: | a unanimous court |
Lumiere v. Mae Edna Wilder, Inc., 261 U.S. 174 (1923), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held a person or corporation cannot file suits under the Copyright Act in areas in which they do not have an office and do no business.[1]