DI ANGELO PUBLICATIONS, INC. v. KELLEY

No. 20-20523.

9 F.4th 256 (2021)

DI ANGELO PUBLICATIONS, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jentry KELLEY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed August 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Bryant Tripp, Esq. , Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Yocel Alonso , Alonso Law Firm, Sugar Land, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Higginbotham, Southwick, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.


This appeal brings a variation on the often-thorny question of whether a claim involving a copyright arises under federal law. If Di Angelo Publications' claim to a copyright requires a construction of copyright law, there is exclusive federal jurisdiction; but if its claim calls only upon contract law, jurisdiction...

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