Jacob Maxwell, Inc. v. Veeck

How courts have described this case

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

• composer gave oral permission to play song, attended games where song was played, and urged defendant to keep playing song
• “once a non-breaching party to an express copyright license obtains and exercises a right of rescission by virtue of a material breach of the agreement, any further distribution of the copyrighted material would constitute infringement” (emphasis omitted
• “Such a breach would do no more than entitle [the composer] to rescind the agreement and revoke its permission to play the song in the future, actions [the composer] did not take during the relevant period. One party’s breach does not automatically cause [rescission] of a bilateral contract.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Wilchombe v. TeeVee Toons, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-01-21· cited 559×
• Latimer v. Roaring Toyz, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2010-04-02· cited 172×
• Michael Baisden v. I'm Ready Productions, Inc., et
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-08-31· cited 151×
• Graham v. James
  Second Circuit· 1998-05-18· cited 102×
• Itofca, Inc. v. Megatrans Logistics, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-03-07· cited 34×
• In Re Access Beyond Technologies, Inc.
  D. Delaware· 1999-07-22· cited 31×
• Psihoyos v. Pearson Education, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2012-02-29· cited 27×
• Thornton v. J Jargon Co.
  M.D. Florida· 2008-07-08· cited 24×
• Foad Consulting Group, Inc. v. Musil Govan Azzalino
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-10-30· cited 23×
• Madison River Management Co. v. Business Management Software Corp.
  M.D. North Carolina· 2005-08-31· cited 15×
• Midlevelu, LLC v. ACI Information Group
  Eleventh Circuit· 2021-03-03· cited 15×
• Foad Consulting Group, Inc. v. Azzalino
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-10-30· cited 15×
• TVT Records v. The Island Def Jam Music Group
  Second Circuit· 2005-06-14· cited 15×
• Lulirama Ltd. v. Axcess Broadcast Services, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-12-03· cited 12×
• Peer International Corp. v. Latin American Music Corp.
  D. Puerto Rico· 2001-08-14· cited 12×
• Tharpe v. Lawidjaja
  W.D. Virginia· 2014-03-26· cited 11×
• RT Computer Graphics, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1999-09-22· cited 8×
• Energy Intelligence Grp., Inc. v. CHS Mcpherson Refinery, Inc.
  D. Kansas· 2018-03-14· cited 8×
• In Re W.B. Care Center, LLC
  S.D. Florida· 2009-10-26· cited 7×
• Photographic Illustrators Corp. v. Orgill, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2019-04-04· cited 5×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1994-03-01· cited 1,767×
• Lloyd Lieb, Trading as Specialized Cassettes v. Topstone Industries, Inc., and D. Robbins & Co., Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1986-04-14· cited 402×
• Excelsior Ins. Co. v. Pomona Park Bar & Package Store
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1979-03-08· cited 176×
• De Forest Radio Telephone Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1927-02-21· cited 135×
• Hyman v. Cohen
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1954-05-25· cited 94×
• Rigel v. National Casualty Company
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1954-12-07· cited 72×
• Effects Associates, Inc. v. Cohen
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-07-20· cited 63×
• Fantastic Fakes, Inc. v. Pickwick International, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-11-16· cited 53×
• Flagship Nat. Bank v. Gray Distribution Syst.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-03-25· cited 37×
• Mark Fosson v. Palace (Waterland), Limited
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-03-21· cited 28×
• Indian Harbor Citrus, Inc. v. Poppell
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-07-19· cited 15×
• In Re: Cflc, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-07-16· cited 14×
• Danforth v. Cohen
  Supreme Court· 1991-02-19· cited 8×