1939 United States Supreme Court case
Gibbs v. Buck | |
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Decided April 17, 1939 | |
Full case name | Gibbs v. Buck |
Citations | 307 U.S. 66 (more) 59 S. Ct. 725; 83 L. Ed. 1111 |
Holding | |
1) An association of copyright holders, ASCAP, may sum their collective costs to meet the damages threshold for federal jurisdiction. 2) A motion to dismiss allegations that raise "grave doubts about the constitutionality" of legislation should be denied. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Reed, joined by Hughes, McReynolds, Butler, Stone, Roberts, Frankfurter, Douglas |
Dissent | Black |
Gibbs v. Buck, 307 U.S. 66 (1939), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court had two main holdings. First, an association of copyright holders, ASCAP, may sum their collective costs to meet the damages threshold for federal jurisdiction. Second, a motion to dismiss allegations that raise "grave doubts about the constitutionality" of legislation should be denied.[1]
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