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IN RE ISBELL RECORDS, INC.

Nos. 13-40878, 14-40545.

774 F.3d 859 (2014)

In the Matter of ISBELL RECORDS, INCORPORATED, Debtor, Alvertis Isbell, doing business as Alvert Music, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DM Records, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 18, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Busch, Esq. , Attorney, King & Ballow, Nashville, TN, William S. Helfand , Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Connis Ostin Brown, III, Esq. , Brown Robert, L.L.P., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, CLEMENT, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

The popular song Whoomp! (There It Is)1 was released in 1993. For more than half of the song's existence — since 2002 — the parties to this action have been litigating the question of who owns the composition copyright to the song. After an eleven-day trial, the district...

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