BRIDGEPORT MUSIC, INC. v. WB MUSIC CORP.

No. 06-5420.

520 F.3d 588 (2008)

BRIDGEPORT MUSIC, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, Westbound Records, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. WB MUSIC CORP., et al., Defendants, Universal-Polygram International Publishing, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 25, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Richard S. Busch, King & Ballow, Nashville, TN, for Appellant. Russell J. Frackman, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, CA, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Richard S. Busch, King & Ballow, Nashville, TN, for Appellant. Russell J. Frackman, Marc E. Mayer, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, CA, Philip M. Kirkpatrick, Stewart, Estes & Donnell, Nashville, TN, for Appellee.

Before: GUY, GILMAN, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.


McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Bridgeport Music, Inc. ("Bridgeport") appeals from the district court's order awarding attorneys' fees and costs to Defendant-Appellee Universal-Polygram International Publishing, Inc. ("UPIP") as a prevailing party under 17 U.S.C. § 505. This court had vacated an earlier award of fees and costs to UPIP and remanded to the district court for further consideration. Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Rhyme Syndicate Music...

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