SBK CATALOGUE PARTNERSHIP v. ORION PICTURES

Civ. No. 85-4983 (CSF).

723 F.Supp. 1053 (1989)

SBK CATALOGUE PARTNERSHIP, Plaintiff, v. ORION PICTURES CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. SBK CATALOGUE PARTNERSHIP, Plaintiff-Crossclaimant, v. Wandra MERRELL, Ray Allen, George Brown and Wandra Merrell d/b/a Music Productions Co., Plaintiffs-Cross-claimants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

September 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sills Cummis Zuckerman Radin Tischman Epstein & Gross, P.A. by Jeffrey Barton Cahn, Newark, N.J., for plaintiff-crossclaimant SBK Catalogue Partnership.

David Hoffman, Creskill, N.J., for plaintiffs-crossclaimants Merrell, Allen, Brown and Wanessa Music Productions Co.


CLARKSON S. FISHER, District Judge.

This action stems from an alleged copyright infringement of the composition "Pepino, The Italian Mouse" ("Pepino") and the corollary dispute over ownership rights to the musical piece which ensued. The litigation, long marked by bitterness and acrimony among the parties, is once again before the court. Presently, plaintiff-crossclaimant SBK Catalogue Partnership (the "Partnership") moves the court for an order granting it summary...

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