SCOTT v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP.

Civ. A. No. 76-1299.

449 F.Supp. 518 (1978)

Esther Mae SCOTT, Plaintiff, v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Landon G. Dowdey, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Barry J. Israel, James T. Stovall, III, Washington, D. C., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM ORDER OF DISMISSAL

BARRINGTON D. PARKER, District Judge:

Esther Mae Scott claims that the defendants infringed upon her common law copyright interest in a song entitled "Keep A Goin'" and otherwise engaged in unfair trade practices and competition against her. She alleges in her complaint that the defendants Paramount Pictures, American Broadcasting Company and ABC Records, Inc. published, sold and marketed the motion picture and soundtrack recording...

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