STONE v. WILLIAMS

No. 732, Docket 88-7860.

891 F.2d 401 (1989)

Cathy Yvonne STONE, an Individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hank WILLIAMS, Jr., Billie Jean Williams Berlin, Chappell Music Company, a Division of Chappell & Co., Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Aberbach Enterprises, Ltd., a New York Corporation, Acuff-Rose Opryland Music, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation, Milene-Opryland Music, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation, Wesley H. Rose and Roy Acuff, Individually and as Trustees in Liquidation for Stockholders of Fred Rose Music, Inc., and Milene Music, Inc., Fred Rose Music, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation, and Milene Music, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton A. Rudin, Beverly Hills, Cal. (Joseph L. Golden, Rudin & Appel, Beverly Hills, Cal., Kenneth E. Warner, Coblence Warner Hamilton & Smith, New York City, of counsel), filed a brief for plaintiff-appellant.

Alan L. Shulman, New York City (Robert J. Warner, Richard H. Frank, Jr., W. Michael Milom, Christian A. Horsnell, Silverman, Shulman & Slotnick, New York City, of counsel), filed a brief for defendants-appellees, Hank Williams, Jr., Wesley H. Rose, Roy Acuff, Fred Rose Music, Inc. and Milene Music, Inc.

Thomas R. Levy, New York City, filed a brief for defendants-appellees, Billie Jean Williams Berlin, Chappell Music Company and Aberbach Enterprises, Ltd.

Lawrence I. Fox, New York City (Stephen K. Rush, Dianna Baker Shew, Berger & Steingut, of counsel), filed a brief for defendants-appellees, Acuff-Rose Opryland Music, Inc. and Milene-Opryland Music, Inc.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, CARDAMONE and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

Pursuant to an order entered August 24, 1989, granting her leave to file a petition for rehearing, Cathy Yvonne Stone petitions this panel under Fed.R.App.P. 40 for a rehearing. She had appealed from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Keenan, J.) granting summary judgment to defendants in an action plaintiff brought seeking her purported share of...

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