GASTE v. KAISERMAN

No. 86 Civ. 5671 (WCC).

669 F.Supp. 583 (1987)

Louis GASTE, Les Editions Louis Gaste, Plaintiffs, v. Morris KAISERMAN a/k/a Morris Albert, et al., Defendants.

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

May 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pryor, Cashman, Sherman & Flynn, New York City, for plaintiffs; Donald S. Zakarin, Charles L. Rosenzweig, of counsel.

William R. Sheffield, Madison, Conn., for defendant Kaiserman.

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C., New York City, for defendant RCA Records; Shira Perlmutter, of counsel.

Richard I. Wolff, P.C., New York City, for defendant Fermata Intern.


OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM C. CONNER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, Louis Gaste and Les Editions Louis Gaste (collectively, "Gaste"), filed this lawsuit on July 21, 1986 alleging that their copyright in the song "Pour Toi," published in 1956, was infringed by the song "Feelings," written in the 1970's by defendant Morris Kaiserman, a.k.a. Morris Albert ("Albert"), and published in the United States by defendant Fermata International Melodies, Inc. ("Fermata...

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