Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Bartsch v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

21 L. Ed. 2d 96

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1968-10-14
Topic
general

"libel per se is any publication which exposes a person to distrust, hatred, contempt, ridicule, obloquy". | broad conveyance of motion picture rights encompassed all uses that might reasonably fall within the medium described by the license | grant of “exclusive moving picture rights” included right to “talkies” even though such technical improve ment may have been unknown and not within contemplation of parties at time of grant | “libel per se is any publication which exposes a person to distrust, hatred, contempt, ridicule, obloquy”. | “[i]f the words [of the license] are broad enough to cover the new use, ... the burden of framing and negotiating an exception should fall on the grantor” of the licensed rights

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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.