Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker, 210 U.S. 356 (1908), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held Congress having provided a remedy for those whose copyrights in maps are infringed, a civil action at common law for money damages cannot be maintained against the infringers.[1]
Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker | |
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Argued April 23, 1908 Decided June 1, 1908 | |
Full case name | Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker |
Citations | 210 U.S. 356 (more) 28 S. Ct. 726; 52 L. Ed. 1096 |
Holding | |
Congress having provided a remedy for those whose copyrights in maps are infringed, a civil action at common law for money damages cannot be maintained against the infringers. | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Day, joined by unanimous |
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