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CHILDRESS v. TAYLOR

No. 1764, Docket 91-7309.

945 F.2d 500 (1991)

Alice CHILDRESS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Clarice TAYLOR, Paul B. Berkowsky, the Moms Company, and Ben Caldwell, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 18, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Herbert, New York City (Baila H. Celedonia, Richard S. Mandel, Alasdair J. McMullan, Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

David Blasband, New York City (Nancy F. Wechsler, Jessica R. Friedman, Deutsch Klagsbrun & Blasband, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MESKILL, NEWMAN, and PRATT, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires consideration of the standards for determining when a contributor to a copyrighted work is entitled to be regarded as a joint author. The work in question is a play about the legendary Black comedienne Jackie "Moms" Mabley. The plaintiff-appellee Alice Childress claims to be the sole author of the play. Her claim is disputed by defendant-appellant Clarice Taylor, who asserts...

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