Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker

Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker, 210 U.S. 356 (1908), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held Congress having provided a remedy for those whose copyrights in maps are infringed, a civil action at common law for money damages cannot be maintained against the infringers.

Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 23, 1908 Decided June 1, 1908
Full case name	Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker
Citations	210 U.S. 356 (more) 28 S. Ct. 726; 52 L. Ed. 1096
Holding
Congress having provided a remedy for those whose copyrights in maps are infringed, a civil action at common law for money damages cannot be maintained against the infringers.
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices John M. Harlan · David J. Brewer Edward D. White · Rufus W. Peckham Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day · William H. Moody
Case opinion
Majority	Day, joined by unanimous

External links

• Text of Globe Newspaper Co. v. Walker, 210 U.S. 356 (1908) is available from: CourtListener Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress