Miller Music Corp. v. Charles N. Daniels, Inc.

Miller Music Corp. v. Charles N. Daniels, Inc., 362 U.S. 373 (1960), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the executor of a copyright holder's will is eligible to renew that copyright.[1]

Miller Music Corp. v. Charles N. Daniels, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 24–25, 1960 Decided April 18, 1960
Full case name	Miller Music Corp. v. Charles N. Daniels, Inc.
Citations	362 U.S. 373 (more) 80 S. Ct. 792; 4 L. Ed. 2d 804; 125 U.S.P.Q. 147
Case history
Prior	158 F. Supp. 188 (S.D.N.Y. 1957); affirmed, 265 F.2d 925 (2d Cir. 1959); cert. granted, 361 U.S. 809 (1959).
Holding
The executor of a copyright holder's will is eligible to renew that copyright.
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Tom C. Clark John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr. Charles E. Whittaker · Potter Stewart
Case opinions
Majority	Douglas, joined by Warren, Black, Clark, Brennan
Dissent	Harlan, joined by Frankfurter, Whittaker, Stewart

References

1. Miller Music Corp. v. Charles N. Daniels, Inc., 362 U.S. 373 (1960).

External links

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