BAPTISTE v. KHOURY

Civ. A. No. 95-1556-LC.

910 F.Supp. 277 (1996)

Philip BAPTISTE v. George KHOURY.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

January 10, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trevor G. Bryan and Lynne M. Myers, Bryan & Jupiter, New Orleans, LA, for plaintiff.

John M. Crochet and Perry Ray Sanders, Jr., Sanders & Crochet, Lake Charles, LA, for defendant.


NAUMAN S. SCOTT, District Judge.

RULING

Before the court is plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary Injunction, and Declaratory Judgment. We consider whether this court has jurisdiction over a suit for damages and an injunction by a songwriter against a non-diverse defendant who claims to have co-authored the song, and who has been collecting royalties under an allegedly fraudulent contract. We conclude that we do not.

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