RONNIE VAN ZANT, INC. v. CLEOPATRA RECORDS, INC.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evan M. Mandel , ( Rishi Bhandari , on the brief), Mandel Bhandari LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellants Cleopatra Records, Inc. and Cleopatra Films.

Richard G. Haddad , ( Sandor Frankel , Pauline McTernan , on the brief), Otterbourg P.C., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Ronnie Van Zant, Inc., Gary R. Rossington, Johnny Van Zant, Barbara Houston, Alicia Rapp, and Corinna Gaines Biemiller.

( Nathan Siegel , L. Danielle Toaltoan , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY, for amici curiae A&E Television Networks, LLC, Home Box Office, Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Univision Communications Inc., and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., in support of Defendants-Appellants.)

( Bruce D. Brown , Gregg P. Leslie , Caitlin Vogus , The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, American Society of News Editors, The Associated Press Media Editors, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, The Association of American Publishers, Inc., Discovery Communications LLC, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., First Amendment Coalition, First Look Media Works, Inc., The International Documentary Association, The Investigative Reporting Workshop, MPA — The Association of Magazine Media, National Press Photographers Association, and The Tully Center for Free Speech, in support of Defendants-Appellants.)

Before: NEWMAN, HALL, and CARNEY, Circuit Judges.