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MERCHANT v. LYMON

No. 87 Civ. 7199 (VLB) (NRB).

848 F.Supp. 29 (1994)

Jimmy MERCHANT and Herman Santiago, Plaintiffs, v. Elmira LYMON, Morris Levy, Big Seven Music Corp., Roulette Records, Inc. and Broadcast Music, Inc., Defendants.

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

March 23, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Gold, Syosset, NY, for plaintiffs.

Edwards & Angell (Ira G. Greenberg, of counsel), New York City, for defendants.

Silverman & Shulman, P.C. (Alan L. Shulman, of counsel), New York City, for intervenor.

OPINION

BUCHWALD, United States Chief Magistrate Judge.

After a five-day trial in the above-captioned action, held from November 10, 1992 through November 16, 1992, a jury returned a special verdict finding that plaintiffs Jimmy Merchant and Herman Santiago were coauthors, with Frank Lymon, of the hit song Why Do Fools Fall in Love? ("Fools").1 In addition, the jury found that plaintiffs were prevented from...

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