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KEITH v. SCRUGGS

No. 80 Civ 5095 (GLG).

507 F.Supp. 968 (1981)

William Bradford KEITH, a/k/a Bill Keith, Plaintiff, v. Earl SCRUGGS, Louise Scruggs, Earl Scruggs and Son, Inc. and Peer International Corporation, Defendants.

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

February 25, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert I. Deutsch, New York City, for plaintiff by Kramer & Salus, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, for defendants by Mark Landau, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge:

The events that form the basis of this action date back to 1963. Plaintiff William Bradford Keith ("Keith"), then a college student and avid admirer of defendant Earl Scruggs ("Scruggs"), an internationally renowned banjo player, approached Scruggs with a collection of "tablature" transcriptions of Scruggs's music that Keith had written and assembled. Plaintiff alleges that, on Scruggs's invitation, he entered into an oral...

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