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CHAMBERS v. TIME WARNER, INC.

Docket No. 01-7010.

282 F.3d 147 (2002)

Lester CHAMBERS, d/b/a The Chambers Brothers, Carl Gardner, d/b/a The Coasters, Bill Pinkney, d/b/a The Original Drifters, and Tony Silvester, d/b/a The Main Ingredient, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TIME WARNER, INC., in its own right and as successor in interest to Warner Bros. Records, Atlantic Records, Elektra Records, and associated labels, Sony Corporation of America, in its own right and as successor in interest to Columbia Records and associated labels, BMG Entertainment, Inc., in its own right and as successor in interest to RCA Records, Arista Records, and associated labels, Universal Music Group, Inc., in its own right and as successor in interest to MCA Records, Polydor Records, and associated labels, and MP3.Com, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Rifkin, Feldman & Rifkin, Jenkintown, PA (Frederick Isquith, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz, New York, NY, Lawrence E. Feldman, Feldman & Rifkin, Jenkintown, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Katherine B. Forrest, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, NY (Jay Cohen, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY, Charles B. Ortner, Proskauer Rose, New York, NY, Andrew H. Bart, Susan Arden, Pryor, Cashman, Sherman & Flynn, New York, NY, and Russell J. Frackman, Jeffrey D. Goldman, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, CA, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees Time Warner, Inc., Sony Corporation of America, BMG Entertainment, Inc., and Universal Music Group, Inc.

Jeffrey A. Conciatori, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, New York, NY (Michael B. Carlinksy, Lisa T. Simpson, and Margret M. Caruso, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee MP3.Com.

Before: CARDAMONE, POOLER, and B.D. PARKER, Jr., Circuit Judges.

B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Lester Chambers, Carl Gardner, Bill Pinkney, and Tony Silvester, who are recording artists, appeal from the December 8, 2000 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Jed S. Rakoff, Judge) dismissing their Amended Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be...

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