Brady v. Daly

Brady v. Daly, 175 U.S. 148 (1899), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the common law circuit court did have jurisdiction over the copyright infringement case because the statutory damages were not a penalty or forfeiture.^[1]

Full case nameBrady v. Daly

Citations175 U.S. 148 (more)

20 S. Ct. 62; 44 L. Ed. 109

Quick facts Argued October 18, 1899 Decided November 20, 1899, Full case name ...

Brady v. Daly
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 18, 1899 Decided November 20, 1899
Full case name	Brady v. Daly
Citations	175 U.S. 148 (more) 20 S. Ct. 62; 44 L. Ed. 109
Holding
The common law circuit court did have jurisdiction over the copyright infringement case because the statutory damages were not a penalty or forfeiture.
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices John M. Harlan Â· Horace Gray David J. Brewer Â· Henry B. Brown George Shiras Jr. Â· Edward D. White Rufus W. Peckham Â· Joseph McKenna

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This case is related to Webster v. Daly.^[2] They arose from the same set of copyright infringement disputes regarding Under the Gaslight by Augustin Daly.

The United States abolished the circuit court system involved in Webster v. Daly in 1912. The modern analog would be the district courts.