DeSilva Construction Corp. v. Herrald

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the assignment of copyright under 1909 Act does not include the right to sue for “infringements antedating the assignment” and since the assignment as written failed to con- tain such a grant, “no such right is conferred by the assign- ment”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

29 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Nancey Silvers v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-03-25· cited 158×
• Aitken, Hazen, Hoffman, Miller, P. C. v. Empire Construction Co.
  D. Nebraska· 1982-05-13· cited 41×
• Demetriades v. Kaufmann
  S.D. New York· 1988-03-08· cited 38×
• Edgar H. Wood Associates, Inc. v. Skene
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1964-04-17· cited 36×
• Schuchart & Associates, Professional Engineers, Inc. v. Solo Serve Corp.
  W.D. Texas· 1982-04-21· cited 35×
• Richard S. Prather v. Neva Paperbacks, Inc., Playtime Books, Ltd., United Graphics, Inc., and Stanley R. Schrag
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-04-29· cited 33×
• Nucor Corporation v. Tennessee Forging Steel Service, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1973-04-17· cited 31×
• Unnamed case
  Eleventh Circuit· 1986-03-31· cited 29×
• Sapc, Inc. v. Lotus Development Corporation
  First Circuit· 1991-02-15· cited 18×
• Co-Opportunities, Inc. v. National Broadcasting Co.
  N.D. California· 1981-02-17· cited 16×
• International Tape Manufacturers Ass'n v. Gerstein
  S.D. Florida· 1972-06-12· cited 16×
• Van Dusen v. Southeast First Nat. Bank
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-10-29· cited 14×
• Richmond Homes Management, Inc. v. Raintree, Inc.
  W.D. Virginia· 1994-09-07· cited 14×
• Masterson v. McCroskie
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1978-01-16· cited 13×
• National Medical Care, Inc. v. Espiritu
  S.D. West Virginia· 2003-09-30· cited 13×
• Donald Frederick Evans & Associates, Inc. v. Continental Homes, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1986-03-31· cited 11×
• Shanahan v. MacCo Construction Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1964-01-27· cited 10×
• Scholz Homes, Inc. v. Jake H. Maddox, Jr., and Boland-Maloney Lumber Company, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1967-06-20· cited 9×
• Masterson v. McCroskie
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1976-12-06· cited 7×
• Thistle, Inc. v. Tenneco, Inc.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1993-10-21· cited 7×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Baker v. Selden
  Supreme Court· 1880-01-19· cited 300×
• Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus
  Second Circuit· 1906-06-16· cited 40×
• Smith v. Paul
  California Court of Appeal· 1959-10-27· cited 29×
• Manning v. Miller Music Corporation
  S.D. New York· 1959-06-10· cited 29×
• New Fiction Pub. Co. v. Star Co.
  S.D. New York· 1915-02-15· cited 28×
• Universal Film Mfg. Co. v. Copperman
  S.D. New York· 1914-03-15· cited 22×
• Sieff v. Continental Auto Supply, Inc.
  D. Minnesota· 1941-05-16· cited 18×
• Group Publishers, Inc. v. Winchell
  S.D. New York· 1949-10-11· cited 18×
• Wright v. Eisle
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1903-07-01· cited 18×
• Muller v. Triborough Bridge Authority
  S.D. New York· 1942-01-14· cited 15×
• Lamb v. Grand Rapids School Furniture Co.
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Michigan· 1889-08-20· cited 13×
• Kriger v. MacFadden Publications, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1941-11-27· cited 12×
• Fulmer v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1952-04-08· cited 6×
• Rochelle Asparagus Co. v. Princeville Canning Co.
  S.D. Illinois· 1959-03-06· cited 6×
• National Cloak & Suit Co. v. Standard Mail Order Co.
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York· 1911-10-30· cited 3×