F. W Woolworth Case

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In the year 1952, the United States Supreme Court offered a writ of Certiorari, reviewing the judgement passed on the case F.W Woolworth Co. V. Contemporary Arts Inc. in a lower circuit court. The plaintiff in this case is F.W Woolworth Co. represented by Kenneth W. Greenawalt, supported by Martin A. Schenck and Jaohn H. Barber. He is presenting the argument that the district court had imposed an extraordinary, undeserved amount of “statutory damages” upon Woolworth by the district court and affirmed in the court of appeals. The Supreme Court’s majority opinion is represented by Mr. Justice Jackson. He begins by explaining the basics of the case. He says that the respondent, defendant in this case Contemporary Arts Inc. (represented by
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