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SMITH v. CASEY

No. 13-12351 Non-Argument Calendar.

741 F.3d 1236 (2014)

Ronald Louis SMITH, Jr., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ronald Louis Smith, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harry Wayne CASEY, individually, K.C. & The Sunshine Band, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Sunshine Sound Entertainment, Inc., agent of Sunshine Sound Enterprises, Inc., Harrick Music, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Jimmie Horace Horne, Jr., individually, f.k.a. Jimmy "Bo" Horne, Joy Productions, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 22, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lita T. Rosario , Wyz Girl Entertainment Consulting, LLC, Washington, DC, Brett Barnard Trembly , Trembly Law Firm, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Franklin L. Zemel , Brett A. Duker , Arnstein & Lehr, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Judith L. Grubner , Arnstein & Lehr, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before WILSON, FAY and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

At issue in this appeal is whether the author of a musical composition who assigned his rights in exchange for royalties may rely for purposes of standing to sue for infringement under the Copyright Act on a registration his publisher filed. Ronald Louis Smith, Jr., as representative for the estate of his late father, sued several entities with whom Ronald Louis Smith, Sr. (Smith), recorded music in the late 1970s. The estate alleged infringement...

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