MOTHER BERTHA MUSIC, INC. v. TRIO MUSIC CO., INC.

No. 88 Civ. 8577 (JMW).

717 F.Supp. 157 (1989)

MOTHER BERTHA MUSIC, INC., Plaintiff, v. TRIO MUSIC CO., INC., Defendant.

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

July 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald S. Zakarin and Tina C. Kremenezky, Pryor, Cashman, Sherman & Flynn, New York City, for plaintiff.

Leonard M. Marks and Jane G. Stevens, Gold, Farrell & Marks, New York City, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

WALKER, District Judge:

I. Introduction

This dispute concerns control over the rights to twenty-five classic songs written in the 1960s, including such favorites as "Chapel of Love" and "Da Do Run Run." Plaintiff Mother Bertha Music, Inc., a recently formed California corporation owned by songwriter and producer Phil Spector ("Spector"), has brought suit against defendant Trio Music Co. ("Trio"), a New York-based music publishing...

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