Case Name: Ruth MORRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John C. WILSON, Fred Saidy, E. Y. Harburg, and National Broadcasting Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1961-10-10
Citations: 295 F.2d 36
Docket Number: No. 35, Docket 26945
Parties: Ruth MORRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John C. WILSON, Fred Saidy, E. Y. Harburg, and National Broadcasting Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and FRIENDLY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 295
Pages: 36–37

Head Matter:
Ruth MORRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John C. WILSON, Fred Saidy, E. Y. Harburg, and National Broadcasting Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 35, Docket 26945.
United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.
Argued Sept 27, 1961.
Decided Oct. 10, 1961.
Ruth Morris, Long Beach, N. Y., pro se.
Lee V. Eastman, New York City, for appellees.
Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and FRIENDLY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The plaintiff charges John C. Wilson and the other defendants with infringing her copyrighted play by their production and television version of the musical comedy "Bloomer Girl." A comparison of the script of plaintiff's play "The Lowells Talle Only to God" with "Bloomer Girl" discloses no similarity except the very general theme of the feminist movement, no copying and no identity of character's.
We affirm the judgment of the district court in finding no support for the charges of plagiarism, and dismissing the complaint for the reasons set forth in Judge Weinfeld's thorough and reasoned opinion reported at D.C.S.D.N.Y.1960, 189 F.Supp. 565.