Jerome D. Salinger A/K/A J.D. Salinger v. Random House, Inc. And Ian Hamilton

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1987-05-04

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JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge: This appeal presents the issue whether the biographer of a renowned author has made “fair use” of his subject’s unpublished letters. The issue arises on an expedited appeal from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Pierre N. Leval, Judge) denying a preliminary injunctio…

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