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STONE v. WILLIAMS

Docket No. 91-7706.

970 F.2d 1043 (1992)

Cathy Yvonne STONE, 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-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton A. Rudin, Beverly Hills, Cal. (Joseph L. Golden, Rudin, Appel & Rosenfeld, Beverly Hills, Cal., Kenneth E. Warner, Coblence & Warner, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant Cathy Yvonne Stone.

Alan L. Shulman, New York City (Richard H. Frank, Jr., W. Michael Milom, Christian A. Horsnell, Silverman & Shulman, P.C., New York City, Lawrence I. Fox, Stephen K. Rush, David L. Kleinfelter, McDermott, Will & Emery, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees Hank Williams, Jr., Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music, Inc., Milene-Opryland Music, Inc., Wesley H. Rose, Roy Acuff, Fred Rose Music, Inc. and Milene Music, Inc.

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

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, CARDAMONE, and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal continues the bitter litigation arising from plaintiff's belated discovery that she is the daughter of the late famous country and western singer Hank Williams, Sr. Because we have set forth in some detail on two previous occasions the principal players and their roles in this matter, see Stone v. Williams, 873 F.2d 620 (2d Cir.) (Stone I), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 959, 110...

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