1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 676 F.2d
  5. 676 F.2d 1144 (1982)
 

AMUSEMENT & MUSIC OPERATORS v. COPYRIGHT ROYALTY

Nos. 80-2837, 81-1324 and 81-1482.

676 F.2d 1144 (1982)

AMUSEMENT AND MUSIC OPERATORS ASSOCIATION, Petitioner, v. COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL, Respondent, Broadcast Music, Inc., Party-Respondent. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS, Petitioner, v. COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL, Respondent. AMUSEMENT AND MUSIC OPERATORS ASSOCIATION, Petitioner, v. COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas E. Allen, Herrick, Allen, Davis & Bailey, Washington, D. C., I. Fred Koenigsbert, New York City, for petitioners.

John Cordes, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Crim. Div., Charles T. Duncan, Peabody, Rivlin, Lambert Meyers, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, CUDAHY, Circuit Judge, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

On January 5, 1981, the Copyright Royalty Tribunal (the "Tribunal") published its final rule establishing the royalty fee payable by jukebox operators for the public performance of copyrighted nondramatic musical works. 46 Fed.Reg. 884 (1981); see 37 C.F.R. §§ 306.1-306.4 (1981). Various participants in these consolidated cases now seek judicial review of the Tribunal's rule, claiming inter alia that the fee established...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases