Levine v. McDonald's Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• determining that differences in the underlying melody of two songs did not defeat a claim of striking similarity on summary judgment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Repp v. Webber
  S.D. New York· 1995-07-19· cited 9×
• New Old Music Group, Inc. v. Gottwald
  S.D. New York· 2015-08-07· cited 5×

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Annette Heyman v. Commerce and Industry Insurance Company
  Second Circuit· 1975-10-24· cited 1,021×
• John C. Donahue v. Windsor Locks Board of Fire Commissioners, John R. Colli, Jr., Russell C. Gabrielson, and John R. Colli, III
  Second Circuit· 1987-11-25· cited 734×
• Peter Pan Fabrics, Inc. And Henry Glass & Co. v. Martin Weiner Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1960-01-27· cited 417×
• Thomas Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., David Susskind, Gill Champion, Martin Richards and Heywood Gould
  Second Circuit· 1986-01-07· cited 330×
• Turoso v. Cleveland Municipal Court
  Supreme Court· 1982-10-04· cited 260×
• Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1936-01-17· cited 236×
• A. A. Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., and Michael MacDonald Mooney
  Second Circuit· 1980-03-25· cited 212×
• Georgia Lee Miller Roulo, Cross-Appellant v. Russ Berrie & Co., Inc., Cross-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-11-09· cited 167×
• Louis Gaste and Les Editions Louis Gaste v. Morris Kaiserman A/K/A Morris Albert, and Fermata International Melodies, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1988-12-01· cited 156×
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation v. McA Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-05-06· cited 105×
• Irena Narell v. Cynthia Freeman, AKA Bea Fineberg, G.P. Putnam's Sons, Berkeley Publishing Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-04-17· cited 103×
• Fred Fisher, Inc. v. Dillingham
  S.D. New York· 1924-01-26· cited 93×
• Cooling Systems and Flexibles, Inc., a California Corporation, Plaintiff v. Stuart Radiator, Inc., Stuart-Western, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-11-27· cited 86×
• Alberto-Culver Company, and Cross-Appellee v. Andrea Dumon, Inc., and Cross-Appellant
  Seventh Circuit· 1972-08-29· cited 77×
• Harper House, Inc. v. Thomas Nelson, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-10-31· cited 77×
• Anthony James Frybarger v. International Business MacHines Corporation, Gebelli Software, Inc., and Nasir Gebelli
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-03-10· cited 60×
• Merritt Forbes & Co. v. Newman Investment Securities, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1985-02-20· cited 29×
• MCA, Inc. v. Wilson
  S.D. New York· 1976-10-21· cited 23×