CARTER v. GOODMAN GROUP MUSIC PUBLISHERS

No. 92 Civ. 2284 (JSM).

848 F.Supp. 438 (1994)

Tollie CARTER, individually and as administrator of the Estate of Calvin Carter, the Estate of James Bracken and the Estate of Vivian Bracken, Calvin Carter, Jr., Conrad Publishing Co., Inc., Tollie Music Inc., Gladstone Publishing Corp., and Costoma Music Publishing, Plaintiffs, v. The GOODMAN GROUP MUSIC PUBLISHERS, Arc Music Corp., Gene Goodman, Philip Chess and Sunflower Music, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Borstein, Borstein, Sheinbaum & Lurie, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Stewart L. Levy, Eisenberg Tanchum & Levy, New York City, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MARTIN, District Judge:

Tollie Carter and Calvin Carter, Jr., the individual plaintiffs in this action, are the sons of Calvin Carter, Sr. ("Carter Sr.") and the nephews of James Bracken ("Bracken"). Carter Sr. and Bracken were composers who died in 1986 and 1972, respectively. The other plaintiffs are music publishing companies previously owned by either Carter Sr. or Bracken. Defendants Sunflower Music, Inc. ("Sunflower") and...

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