JOHNSON v. TUFF-N-RUMBLE MANAGEMENT, INC.

No. 2009-CA-0739.

27 So.3d 993 (2009)

Joseph "Smokey" JOHNSON and Wardell Quezergue v. TUFF-N-RUMBLE MANAGEMENT, INC., Boutit, Inc., DBA No Limit Records, Priority Records LLC, and Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory P. Eveline, Eveline Davis & Phillips, and Ashlye M. Keaton, Law Office Of Ashlye M. Keaton, Esq., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees.

Edgar D. Gankendorff, Christophe B. Szapary, Provosty & Gankendorff, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Tuff-N-Rumble Management, Inc.

(Court composed of Judge CHARLES R. JONES, Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge EDWIN A. LOMBARD).


LOMBARD, Judge.

This appeal filed by Tuff-N-Rumble Management d/b/a Tuff City Records (Tuff City) is from the judgment of the trial court granting the plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment. After de novo review, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

Relevant Facts and Procedural History

The matter arises out of a copyright dispute over "It Ain't My Fault," a song co-written in 1964 by two legendary New Orleans musicians...

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