DIMMIE v. CAREY

No. 96 Civ. 7977(RMB).

88 F.Supp.2d 142 (2000)

Rhonda DIMMIE, p/k/a Rhonda Dee, Plaintiff, v. Mariah CAREY; Walter Afanasieff; Columbia Records, Inc.; Sony Music Entertainment Inc.; Sony Songs, Inc.; Sony Music Publishing; Wallyworld Music; Rye Songs; WB Music Corporation; American Society of Composers; Authors & Publishers (ASCAP); Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI); and Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, Defendants.

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

February 17, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Les J. Levine, Law Offices of Gary Greenwald, Goshen, NY, for Rhonda Dimmie.

Orin Snyder and Cynthia S. Arato, Parcher, Hayes & Snyder, New York, NY, for Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff, Columbia Records, Inc., Sony Music Entertainment Inc., Sony Songs, Inc., Sony Music Publishing, Wallyworld Music, Rye Songs, and WB Music Corp.


FINDINGS

BERMAN, District Judge.

I. Introduction

On October 22, 1996, the Plaintiff, Rhonda Dimmie ("Plaintiff" or "Dimmie"), filed the instant complaint claiming that Defendants Mariah Carey ("Carey"), Walter Afanasieff ("Afanasieff"), Columbia Records Inc. ("Columbia Records"), Sony Music Entertainment Inc. ("Sony"), Sony Songs, Inc., Sony Music Publishing, Wallyworld Music, Rye Songs, WB Music Corporation, American...

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