JASPER v. BOVINA MUSIC, INC.

Docket Nos. 01-7628(L), 01-7668(CON).

314 F.3d 42 (2002)

Christopher H. JASPER, Plaintiff-Third-Party-Defendant-Counter-Defendant-Appellant, Marvin Isley, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOVINA MUSIC, INC., Intervenor-Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee, T-Neck Records, Inc., Intervenor-Plaintiff-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: December 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Ottinger, Jersey City, N.J. (Joseph A. Turco, Jersey City, N.J., on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant Isley.

Margaret C. Jasper, South Salem, N.Y., for Plaintiff-Third-Party-Defendant-Counter-Defendant-Appellant Jasper.

Leon Friedman, New York, N.Y. (Craig A. Smith, Suelthaus & Walsh, St. Louis, MO., on the brief), for Intervenor-Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Bovina Music, Inc., and Intervenor-Plaintiff-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee T-Neck Records, Inc.

Before WALKER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, and F.I. PARKER, Circuit Judges.


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal primarily presents issues as to whether federal court jurisdiction is available for a case involving a dispute as to ownership of song copyrights, and, if jurisdiction is available, whether copyright interests were validly assigned. These issues arise on an appeal by Plaintiffs-Appellants Christopher H. Jasper and Marvin Isley from the May 1, 2001, judgment of the District Court for...

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