RUFFIN v. MERCURY RECORD PRODUCTIONS

No. 74-2127.

513 F.2d 222 (1975)

Geneva RUFFIN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MERCURY RECORD PRODUCTIONS, INC., and Mercury Record Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

March 31, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Leonard Elsman, Robert E. McFarland, Elsman, Young & O'Rourke, Birmingham, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

S. Lawrence Stein, Kass & Stein, Southfield, Mich., Leonard L. Levin, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and PECK and McCREE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order granting defendants' motion for judgment n. o. v. in an action for breach of contract, both oral and written, brought by four young women, former members of a vocal group, the "Chalfontes," against Mercury Productions, Inc. and Mercury Record Corporation (Mercury). The district court had diversity jurisdiction and the substantive law of Michigan applies.

The case was tried before a jury which, in response to special...

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