Lynn M. THOMSON, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Allan S. LARSON, Nanette Larson, and Julie Larson McCollum, Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 26, 1998.
Decided June 19, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Russell Alexander Smith, Law Offices of Russell Alexander Smith, P.C., New York City, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
L. Peter Parcher, Parcher, Hayes & Liebman, New York City (Orin S. Snyder, Amy R. Gutman, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.
Nancy E. Wolff, Cavallo & Wolff, New York City (Jordan Rossen, Peggy Marks, of counsel), for Amici Curiae, The National Writers Union and Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, Inc., in support of Plaintiff-Appellant.
Laurence T. Sorkin, Kevin J. Burke, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York City (Richard Garmise, Christopher C. Wilson, Ralph Sevush, The Dramatists Guild, Inc., New York City, of counsel), for Amicus Curiae, The Dramatists Guild, Inc., in support of Defendants-Appellees.
Before FEINBERG, CALABRESI, and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Lynn Thomson claims that, along with principal playwright Jonathan Larson,1 she co-authored a "new version" of the critically acclaimed Broadway musical Rent. Since Thomson and Larson did not specify their respective rights by contract, this case raises two issues: (1) whether Rent qualifies as a statutory "joint work," co-authored by Thomson; and (2) whether, even if Thomson...
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