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ABS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. v. CBS CORP.

No. 16-55917.

900 F.3d 1113 (2018)

ABS ENTERTAINMENT, INC., an Arkansas corporation; Barnaby Records, Inc., a New York corporation; Brunswick Record Corporation, a New York corporation; Malaco Inc., a Mississippi corporation, each individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CBS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation; CBS Radio, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Does, 1 through 10, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 20, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Edward Allen (argued), Alan P. Block , Roderick G. Dorman , and Lawrence M. Hadley , McKool Smith Hennigan P.C., Los Angeles, California; Kathleen E. Boychuck , Andrew Szot , and Marvin A. Miller , Miller Law LLC, Chicago, Illinois; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Robert M. Schwartz (argued), Amit Q. Gressel , Andrew J. Strabone , and Victor Jih , Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees.

Richard S. Mandel , Cown Liebowitz & Latman P.C., New York, New York; George M. Borowsky , Recording Industry Association of America Inc., Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Recording Industry Association of America Inc.

Morgan E. Pietz , Gerard Fox Law P.C., Los Angeles, California; Katrina Novak , Lowe & Associates P.C., Los Angeles, California; for Amicus Curiae California Society of Entertainment Lawyers.

Steven G. Sklaver , Kalpana Srinivasan , and Stephen E. Morrissey , Susman Godfrey LLP, Los Angeles, California; Daniel B. Lifschitz , Maryann R. Marzano , and Henry Gradstein , Gradstein & Marzano P.C., Los Angeles, California; for Amicus Curiae Flo & Eddie Inc.

Andrew M. Gass and Elizabeth H. Yandell , Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, California; Roman Martinez , Latham & Watkins, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae iHeartMedia Inc.

Stephen B. Kinnard , Paul Hastings LLP, Washington, D.C.; Emmy Parsons , Garrett Levin , and Rick Kaplan , National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae National Association of Broadcasters.

Before: Richard Linn, Marsha S. Berzon, and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Appellants ABS Entertainment, Inc., Barnaby Records, Inc., Brunswick Record Corp. and Malaco, Inc. (collectively, "ABS") appeal from the grant of summary judgment by the Central District of California in favor of CBS Corporation and CBS Radio, Inc. (collectively, "CBS"), holding that CBS did not violate any...

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