General
DeSylva v. Ballentine, Guardian
350 U.S. 931·Supreme Court of the United States·1956
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Opinion
No. 529.
DeSylva v. Ballentine, Guardian.
Pat A. McCormick for petitioner. Milton A. Rudin for respondent. Sidney Wm. Wattenberg for the Music Publishers’ Protective Association, Inc., Herman Finkelstein for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, John Schulman and Solomon A. Klein for the Songwriters’ Protective Association, and Sidney A. Schreiber for the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., movants.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari granted. Motions for leave to file briefs of Music Publishers’ Protective Association, Inc.; American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers; Songwriters’ Protective Association; and Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., as amici curiae, granted.