LOWERY v. RHAPSODY INTERNATIONAL, INC.

No. 22-15162.

69 F.4th 994 (2023)

David LOWERY; Victor Krummenacher; Greg Lisher; David Faragher, individually and on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RHAPSODY INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 7, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karin Kramer (argued), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, San Francisco, California; William B. Adams , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York, New York; Thomas C. Rubin , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Seattle, Washington; for Defendant-Appellant.

Reuben A. Ginsburg (argued), Sanford L. Michelman , Mona Z. Hanna , and Jennifer A. Mauri , Michelman & Robinson LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: Milan D. Smith, Jr., Daniel P. Collins, and Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

This case will likely make the average person shake her head in disbelief: the plaintiffs' lawyers filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of copyright holders of musical compositions and ended up recovering a little over $50,000 for the class members. The lawyers then asked the court to award them $6 million...

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