Douglas v. Cunningham

Douglas v. Cunningham, 294 U.S. 207 (1935), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the Copyright Act of 1909 allowed an award of $5,000 instead of a copyright infringement damages calculation based on the newspaper's circulation.

Douglas v. Cunningham
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 18, 1935 Decided February 4, 1935
Full case name	Douglas v. Cunningham
Citations	294 U.S. 207 (more) 55 S. Ct. 365; 79 L. Ed. 862; 24 U.S.P.Q. 153
Case history
Prior	Cunningham v. Douglas, 72 F.2d 536 (1st Cir. 1934); cert. granted, 293 U.S. 551 (1934).
Holding
The statute allowed an award of $5,000 instead of a copyright infringement damages calculation based on the newspaper's circulation.
Court membership
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices Willis Van Devanter · James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis · George Sutherland Pierce Butler · Harlan F. Stone Owen Roberts · Benjamin N. Cardozo
Case opinion
Majority	Roberts, joined by a unanimous court
Laws applied
Copyright Act of 1909

External links

• Text of Douglas v. Cunningham, 294 U.S. 207 (1935) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress