Loucks v Standard Oil Co of New York: 1918

An English court will exclude a foreign decree only when it ‘would violate some fundamental principle of justice, some prevalent conception of good morals, some deep-rooted tradition of the common weal’

Judges:

Judge Cardozo

Citations:

[1918] 120 NE 198,

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedPeer International Corporation Southern Music Publishing Company Inc Peermusic (UK) Limited v Termidor Music Publishers Limited Termidor Musikverlag Gmbh and Co Kg -And-Editoria Musical De Cuba CA 30-Jul-2003
Peer sought declarations that they were the owners, or licensees, of the UK copyright in musical works composed by Cuban nationals, relying on assignments in writing by the composers and in some instances by their heirs. The defendants claimed under . .
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Jurisdiction

Updated: 12 May 2022; Ref: scu.186119