SPORN v. MCA RECORDS


58 N.Y.2d 482 (1983)

Murray Sporn, Appellant, v. MCA Records, Inc., et al., Respondents. (And a Third-Party Action.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter S. Kaufman for appellant.

Douglas C. Fairhurst for respondents.

Judges JONES, WACHTLER and SIMONS concur with Judge JASEN; Judge MEYER dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge COOKE and Judge FUCHSBERG concur.


JASEN, J.

The issue raised on this appeal is whether plaintiff's cause of action for unauthorized commercial exploitation of a master phonograph record accrued for the purpose of computing the Statute of Limitations when defendant first began using plaintiff's property as its own or whether a new cause of action arose each time the defendant used what plaintiff claims to be his property.

Plaintiff commenced...

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