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STONE v. WILLIAMS

No. 732, Docket 88-7860.

873 F.2d 620 (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 April 21, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton A. Rudin, Beverly Hills, Cal. (Joseph L. Golden, Susan H. Green, Rudin & Appel, Beverly Hills, Cal.; Marjorie M. Smith, Coblence Warner Hamilton & Smith, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Alan L. Shulman, New York City (Robert J. Warner, Jr., Richard H. Frank, Jr., W. Michael Milom, Christian A. Horsnell, Silverman, Shulman & Slotnick, New York City, for defendants-appellees Hank Williams, Jr., Wesley H. Rose, Roy Acuff, Fred Rose Music, Inc. and Milene Music, Inc.; Lawrence I. Fox, Stephen K. Rush, Katherine M. Allen, Berger & Steingut, New York City, for defendants-appellees Acuff-Rose Opryland Music, Inc. and Milene-Opryland Music, Inc.; Thomas R. Levy, New York City, for defendants-appellees Billie Jean Williams Berlin, Chappell Music Co. and Aberbach Enterprises, Ltd., of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, CARDAMONE and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

Cathy Yvonne Stone brought this action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Keenan, J.) for her purported share of copyright renewal rights to songs composed by Hank Williams, Sr., her natural father. The defendants in this action are Hank Williams, Jr., the son of Hank Williams and stepson of Billie Jean Williams Berlin, who was married to Hank Williams at the time of his death, and a number of music...

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