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CARTIER v. JACKSON

No. 94-1167

59 F.3d 1046 (1995)

Crystal CARTIER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael JACKSON; MJJ Productions, Inc.; Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.; and Epic Records, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 10, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davide C. Migliaccio (Burton I. Wherry and Edward P. Carlstead of Wherry & Wherry, P.C., Denver, CO, with him on the brief), Colorado Springs, CO, for plaintiff-appellant.

Daniel S. Hoffman (Jeffrey A. Chase, Richard L. Gabriel and Walter H. Sargent of Holme Roberts & Owen LLC, Denver, CO, with him on the brief) of McKenna & Cuneo, Denver, CO, for defendants-appellees.

Before BRORBY, KELLY and HENRY, Circuit Judges.

BRORBY, Circuit Judge.

Singer-songwriter, Crystal Cartier, sued Michael Jackson and others for an alleged infringement of her song "Dangerous" copyrighted July 18, 1991. The jury returned a verdict in favor the defendants. Ms. Cartier appeals the district court's exclusion of particular evidence and appeals one of the jury instructions.1

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Ms. Cartier allegedly wrote a song called "Dangerous" in 1985. In January 1988...

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