RITCHIE v. WILLIAMS

No. 03-1279.

395 F.3d 283 (2005)

Robert RITCHIE, presently known as Kid Rock; Top Dog Records, Inc., and Kid Rock Superstores, Inc., Plaintiffs/Cross-Defendants-Appellees, v. Alvin B. WILLIAMS; EB-Bran Productions, Inc.; Bow-Wow Publishing, Inc., and Top Dog Publishing, Defendants/Cross-Plaintiffs-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Stephanie L. Hammonds, Law Office of Stephanie L. Hammonds, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. William H. Horton, Cox, Hodgman & Giarmarco, Troy, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Stephanie L. Hammonds, Law Office of Stephanie L. Hammonds, Detroit, Michigan, Gregory J. Reed, Gregory J. Reed & Associates, Detroit, Michigan, Robert S. Nolan, Cantor Colburn, Troy, Michigan, for Appellants. William H. Horton, Christopher J. Nelson, Cox, Hodgman & Giarmarco, Troy, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before: MERRITT and GILMAN, Circuit Judges; HOOD, District Judge.


OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

This case arises from a dispute between a singer-songwriter known as "Kid Rock" (Robert Ritchie) and a promoter, Alvin Williams, and his group of associates, who entered into a series of music contracts in 1989 before Kid Rock became successful. The primary questions before us are (1) whether the District Court erred in holding that a Michigan state court action, arising from the contracts, by the Williams group against Kid...

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