Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.

Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
CourtUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Full case name Saul Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., et al.
DecidedJune 24, 1987
Docket nos.84 Civ. 9208; 87 Civ. 1750
Citation663 F. Supp. 706
Court membership
Judge sittingLouis L. Stanton

Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., 663 F. Supp. 706 (S.D.N.Y. 1987) was a federal case in which artist Saul Steinberg sued various parties involved with producing and promoting the 1984 movie Moscow on the Hudson, claiming that a promotional poster for the movie infringed his copyright in a magazine cover, View of the World from 9th Avenue, he had created for The New Yorker.